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. 2013 Winter;1(4):183-91.
doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.8101. Epub 2013 Mar 12.

Developing and validation of identifying people in risk of addiction questionnaire (I.p.R.a)

Jafar Anisi  1 , Mohammad Hossein Bahadori  1 , Marziyeh Jahanbakhsh  1
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Developing and validation of identifying people in risk of addiction questionnaire (I.p.R.a)

Jafar Anisi et al. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2013 Winter.

Abstract

Background: Drug addiction is considered as a problem of the new century which has destructive consequences for both family and society. This ominous phenomenon resulted from many factors. Present research aimed at recognition of inter-personal factors related to addiction and were conducted through a questionnaire to identify the youths at risk of addiction.

Objectives: Present research aimed at recognition of inter-personal factors related to addiction and were conducted through a questionnaire to identify the youths at risk of addiction.

Materials and methods: The design of the present research is correlational analytic. The population consists of all young addicted or non-addicted people between the ages 18 to 35 and the sample consists of 82 addicted and 223 non-addicted young people in Tehran who were selected randomly and simply. The initial form included 120 questions which were administered on the sample in three stages. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistic and factor analysis.

Results: In this questionnaire four factors of depression and miserableness, having a positive attitude to drug, stress and anxiety and finally seeking high levels of excitement were respectively the strongest factors in predicting the risk of drug-abuse and addiction. The validity of the questionnaire which consists of 75 questions in the final form was calculated through internal consistency. Cronbach alpha of the whole questionnaire was 0.97, which that of the factor of depression and miserableness was 0.96, the factor of a positive attitude to drug was 0.93, the factor of stress and anxiety was 0.90 and the factor of high excitement-seeking was 0.80.

Conclusions: The evaluation of the questionnaire for identifying the individuals in the risk of addiction showed that the questionnaire benefits from appropriate validity and reliability. Therefore, it can be used in preventive fields and research. Moreover, by illuminating interpersonal factors that are effective in drug abuse, proper strategies can be used to prevent drug addiction.

Keywords: Drug Addiction; Questionnaires; Validation Studies.

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