The Study of the Role of Stressful Life Events and Family Support in Explaining the Readiness of Addiction in Urumia University Students

The purpose of this study is to investigate the differentiating role of stressful life events and family support in explaining addiction preparedness among students of UrumiaUniversity.

The research method is correlational and the statistical population included all undergraduate and postgraduate students of UrumiaUniversity in the academic year 1396-1977 (N = 17000) that 400 students were selected through multistage random cluster sampling. Data were collected using the Peak Life Event List, sameny’s Social Support Scale, and Wade and Butcher Addiction Scale.

The results of Pearson correlation showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between stressful life events with addiction readiness, family support with addiction readiness and stressful events. Results of stepwise regression analysis showed that prediction of addiction readiness based on stressful life events and family support is significant.

The authors of the survey concluded that high stress events and low family support are predictors of addiction readiness, so that stressful events and lack of family support cause high psychological stress in individuals who show high tendency toward Drug useage to reduce their stress.