Prediction of addiction tendency based on social support and psychological flexibility in adolescents

solmaz dabiri¹

1) PhD student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roudhan Branch, Tehran, Iran

IOI Code : XEFZ-HKECH
Publication : The Second National Conference on Psychotherapy in Iran(incpuma2.ir)
Abstract :
    Background: Adolescents are exposed to many psychological and social harms, including addiction. The aim of the current research was to predict addiction tendency based on social support and psychological flexibility in teenagers. Methods: The current research was correlational. The statistical population included teenagers in Tehran in 1401, and 196 of them were selected to participate in the study. Questionnaires of addiction tendency, social support and psychological flexibility were used to collect data. Pearson s correlation coefficient and regression methods were used for data analysis using SPSS version 21 software. Results: According to the results, psychological flexibility (0.27) and social support (0.31) had a significant correlation coefficient with addiction tendency (P<0.01). According to the regression results, social support and psychological flexibility were able to explain 32% of the variance of addiction tendency (F=11.94, P<0.001). Therefore, according to the regression results, social support and psychological flexibility play a significant role in predicting addiction tendencies in adolescents (p<0.01). Conclusion: In teenagers, the tendency to addiction can be predicted through social support and psychological flexibility, and higher social support and psychological flexibility help to reduce the probability of addiction in these people.

Keywords : addiction social support flexibility adolescents