Investigating the role of self-control in predicting the mental health of people quitting drugs

Eisa Jafari¹ Vadood Beigzadeh² Ali Salmani³

1) Associate professor of psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2) Master of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Azad University, Khalkhal, Ardebil,Iran.
3) Master of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University.

IOI Code : XDDD-FAEFC
Publication : 2th National Conference on Psychopathology(asruma.ir)
Abstract :
    The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-control and mental health in drug users in Ardabil. The research method was descriptive-correlation and its statistical population included all people leaving the drug in 2016 who had referred to drug withdrawal centers to follow up on quitting and the sample size of 150 people were selected by available sampling. Gibson and Wright self-control and Goldberg general health questionnaires were used to collect data. Pearson correlation analysis and multivariate regression were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between self-control (R = 0.211) and mental health (P <0.01). Also, the results of regression analysis showed that the predictor (independent) variable of self-control has the ability to predict (criterion variable) the mental health of people who quit drugs. In summary, the results of this study can be inferred that self-control has a significant relationship with mental health.

Keywords : self control mental health substance withdrawal