The effectiveness of Resilience training on quality of life, self-efficacy, and problem-solving skills in substance-dependent adolescents

Substance abuse in adolescents is considered one of the most serious problems leading to various physical, social, and educational damages and consequences. This study aimed to improve the effectiveness of resilience training on quality of life, self-efficacy, and problem-solving skills in drug-dependent adolescents.

The present study was one of the applied and quasi-experimental designs of pre-test-post-test with the control group. This study's statistical population included all male adolescents referred to Tehran welfare organizations for addiction treatment between November and February 2020. The statistical sample consisted of 30 adolescents (15-19 years old) addicted in Tehran who were selected from among the patients for treatment based on screening the change stage. After screening, 30 subjects who were consented to participate in the treatment group were randomly assigned to the two groups. This study's data were collected using the world health organization quality of life questionnaire, self-efficacy questionnaire, problem-solving skill questionnaire. Data were analyzed by MANCOVA using SPSS.22 software.

The results showed that resilience training was effective on quality of life (P<0.001), self-efficacy (P<0.001), and problem-solving skills (P<0.001) in substance-dependent adolescents.  

It can be concluded that resilience training affects the quality of life, self-efficacy, and problem-solving skills in substance-dependent adolescents.