مجله علوم روانشناختی (Feb 2021)

Comparison of occupation (certain income) and job skills of addiction recovered with return and non-return history

  • Ali Sheykholeslami,
  • Hasan Yaghoti Zargar,
  • Nasim Mohammadi

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 96
pp. 1637 – 1646

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Background: Numerous studies have been conducted on the role of occupational therapy in the treatment of addicts and the role of job skills in non-return to drug use. But the comparison of job (fixed income) and job skills of those recovering from addiction with a history of return and non-return has been neglected. Aims: The purpose of this study is to Comparison of occupation (certain income) and job skills of addiction recovered with return and non-return history. Method: The method of this study is causal-comparative. All men addicted referred to the centers and camps Ardabil province in 2015-16 and after treatment were improved, To select the sample, first all addiction treatment centers and camps in Ardabil province were listed, then out of 11 centers and 3 addiction treatment camps in Ardabil province, 6 centers and 2 camps were selected as random sampling cluster sampling method as a statistical sample of this study. Finally, referring to the case of addicts in these centers and camps, 150 people who had more than 6 months left their history and had no history of return, and 150 people who had a history of return, as Selected statistical sample and after the interview clinical responded demogrephic and job skills researcher questionnaire. Data analyzed using statistical chi-square, test t and logistic correlation. Results: The findings showed that those recovering from addiction with a history of non-relapse had significantly more employment (certain income) and job skills than those recovering from addiction with a history of relapse and the survival of those recovering from addiction was predictable based on their job status (employment or unemployment) and job skills (p< 0/01). Conclusions: Therefore, it can be concluded that having a job (certain income) and job skills are related factors in the non-return and permanence of addiction treatment is recovered.

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