Perpetuating factors of temptation, realizing factors of relapse, and suppressive factors of relapse in substance abuser women in Tehran: A grounded theory study

Temptation and relapse are important factors involved in drug recurrence, and women have more tempting experiences than men. Therefore, the aim of this research was to identify the factors that cause the perpetuation of temptation, realization, or suppression of relapse in this particular group. The method of this research was the qualitative method of grounded theory. The research participants consisted of 40 women who were referred to the drug addiction treatment center of Behboudgostaran Hemgam in the years 2017 to 2018,  who were selected by theoretical sampling method, and with this number of samples, saturation was achieved The research tool was a semi-structured interview, and the data were analyzed using open, axial and selective coding methods. The exploratory themes of the current research are as follows: 1- Individual and familial perpetuating factors of temptation (consisting of the categories of family cognitive factors and 4 steps of individual cognitive factors: 1. Reluctancy, 2. Obtaining relapse permission, 3. Justification of reuse, 4. Virtual consumption, the category of personal and familial emotional-affectional and behavioral perpetuating factors of temptation, 2- Individual, familial, and social ending factors of temptation and realizing relapse, and 3- Individual, familial, and social suppressive factors of relapse. The present study showed that identifying the factors involved in temptation and relapse in women's addiction treatment is necessary, and it seems that the use of these factors in the treatment and awareness of women will make the possibility of relapse prevention more possible.