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- Title
The Relationship of Social Adjustment and Resilience with Attitudes Towards Drugs in High School Boy and Girl Students.
- Authors
Hezarian, Safiollah; Bakhtiarpour, Saeed; Pasha, Reza; Asgari, Parviz; Hafezi, Fariba
- Abstract
Background: Drug abuse and its destructive consequences are among challenging issues concerning students' health. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of social adjustment and resilience with attitude towards drugs in boy and girl students of Lali City. Methods: The study was a descriptive correlational study performed by path analysis. The study population included 1500 boy and girl high school students of Lali City in the academic year of 2017 - 2018, among whom 133 boys and 142 girls were selected through multistage stratified sampling and using Cochran's formula. Research instruments included Bell's Adjustment Inventory (BAI) for Students, the Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC), and the Drug Attitude scale (DAS). The collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 23. Results: The results revealed a significant negative relationship between social adjustment and girl students' attitudes towards drugs (P < 0.001); however, there was no significant relationship between social adjustment and attitudes towards drugs in boy students. Meanwhile, therewasnodirectandsignificant relationship between resilienceandattitudes towards drugs inboyandgirl students. On the other hand, a significant positive relationship was observed between resilience and social adjustment in boys (P < 0.01) and girls (P < 0.05). The indirect impact of resilience on the students' attitudes towards drugs, mediated by social adjustment, was not significant. Conclusions: Resilience reduces stress, and as a result, students with more resilience seem to have better coping skills, higher social adjustment, and negative attitudes towards drugs.
- Subjects
GIRLS; SOCIAL adjustment; HIGH school girls; STUDENT attitudes; STUDENT health; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
- Publication
Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2021, Vol 23, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
2008-7977
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5812/zjrms.106302