Journal of Iranian Cultural Research

Journal of Iranian Cultural Research

Tendency toward Substance Abuse among Students

Document Type : Scientific Research Manuscript

Authors
1 The Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education
2 Welfare Studies, Allame Tabatabai University, PhD Student, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
This paper tries to study the status of tendency toward drug and alcohol abuse among university students and makes a comparison between native (from Tehran) and non-native (from other parts of Iran) who stay in dorms. This study is a secondary analysis which uses previous data from other grand researches that have been done among different universities in Tehran. According to the data based on these researches (Serajzade, 2002) and (Serajzade, ET, al. 2001) the eminence of native and non-native student are compared and analyzed. In this study the data is analyzed using SPSS through variety of tests such as T-test, Variation analysis, correlations and so on. The results show that among 28 indicators of different pathological problems relating to drug abuse, non-native students are more involved with drugs in 13 indicators while native students are more engage in 8 indicators and there are 7 indicators that engage both groups equally.
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Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 38
Serial No. 38
Spring 2017
Pages 183-210

  • Receive Date 19 August 2017
  • Revise Date 13 September 2017
  • Accept Date 18 September 2017