Effectiveness of Mindfulness Substance Abuse Prevention Program on Psychological Well-being and Reducing the Recurrence of Substance Abuse

The objective of this study is to examine Mindfulness Substance Abuse Prevention Program effectiveness on well-being and reducing the recurrence of substance abuse. As for methodology, this research is applied in terms of objective and is experimental in terms of data gathering by using pre-test, post-test and follow-up with control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all the men afflicted by industrial substance abuse (within the range of 20 and 50 years old) who abandoned drug abuse. A sample of 30 persons was selected through purposive sampling and divided into experimental (n=18, M=41.2, S=3.1) and control (n=12, M=39.9, S=2.8) groups. Data were collected using the Ryff’s psychological well-being scale, and analyzed through repeated measurement and Chi-square test method. The findings of the study demonstrated that Mindfulness Substance Abuse Prevention Program results in a meaningful increase of psychological well-being and meaningful reduction of recurrence of substance abuse in experiment group participants.