Structural relationships of horney's personality dimensions and resilience with addiction tendency in students

Tendency to addiction as a social problem has various causes, which personality traits (psychological factor) and resilience (protective factor) are among the individual factors that play a role in the tendency to addiction. But research examining the propensity for addiction, horned personality traits, and resilience in a structural model has not yet been conducted.

The aim of this study was to investigate the structural relationships between Horney's personality dimensions and resilience with addiction tendencies.

The present study was a descriptive correlation and structural equation. The statistical population of the students of Tehran Azad University in the academic year 1399-1400, 387 people were selected by convenience sampling method and three-dimensional questionnaires of Horney-Kolich (2012), Connor-Davidson (2003) and Iranian Drug Addiction Readiness Scale (Zargar et al., 2008) responded. The obtained data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis.

The results showed that the dimensions of obedient, aggressive, and distant personality and resilience with standard coefficients of 0.284, 0.324, 0.320, and -0.611, respectively, had a significant positive and negative effect on the tendency to consume substances. Also, resilience does not play a mediating role in the relationship between Horney's personality dimensions and addiction tendencies. Therefore, the hypothetical model was modified and the final model of the research was approved using fitness indicators.

Therefore, it can be said that personality traits play a role in addiction tendency and may be effective in developing preventive interventions for addiction tendency.