The Relationship of Family Social Support and adolscent addiction Susceptibility in the City of Shahriyar

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Amin Norouzi ¹ (Master of Family Counseling)
Kianoush Zahrakar ² (Faculty of Kharazmi University)
Hadi Safari ³ (PhD student in Psychology, Semnan University)
Maryam Faraji ⁴ (PhD Student in Counseling, Islamic Azad University)
Abbas Marzban ⁵ (PhD Student in Counseling, University of Isfahan)

Received: 2015-03-30 Accepted : 2015-06-06 Published : 2015-06-21

Keywords: adolescents, addiction susceptibility, Family Social Support,

Abstract :

The present study investigated the relationship of the family social support with adolescent drag addiction susceptibility. 340 male adolescents of the schools in the city of Shahriyar were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling; and the data were collected using Family Social Support Scale (pss-fr) and addiction susceptibility Questionnaire (ASQ) for adolescents; and Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression were applied for data analysis. It was indicated that there was a significant negative relationship between the social support of family and adolescents’ addiction susceptibility. The variable of family’s social support can explain some of the changes associated with susceptibility to addiction. There is a significant relationship between the linear combination of the predictor variables and addiction susceptibility (-0.361 R). According to the present research, which aimed at determining the relationship between family’s social support and susceptibility to addiction, the results gained from the current study suggested that, in general, there is a significant relationship between family social support and addiction susceptibility.