COMPARING THE RESILIENCY BETWEEN ADDICTED WOMEN AND NON-ADDICTED WOMEN LIVING IN THE FAMILIES WITH AN ADDICTED MEMBER

Background and Aim : Women s addiction is one of the most important areas in the study of addiction that has not been given enough attention. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the resilience between addicted women and non-addicted women in the families with an addicted member in Semnan in 1397.Methods : The research method was descriptive-comparative survey. The statistical population consisted of all women living in Semnan who had a history of drug abuse or living in a family with a drug addicted member. A sample of 100 individuals (two groups of 50) was selected using snowball sampling. Data were gathered using the Conner-Davidson Resiliency Questionnaire. One-way ANOVA was used to analyze the data.Results : According to the findings, the average resiliency rate in non-addicted women living in families with addicted member was 66.26% and in addicted women was 59.29% but it was not significant statistically. Data analysis also showed that the highest amount of drug intake was in people between the ages of 20 and 30, with the lowest intake in subjects under the age of 20 years. In people over the age of 30 years, the number of addicts and healthy people were equal. In the study, based on the degree of education, the highest rate of addiction was in the subjects with a diploma and a post-graduate degree of 48% and the lowest rate of addiction in those with a master s degree or higher was 2%. Conclusion : According to the main findings of the study that the resiliency of addicted women is lower than non-addicted women in addicted families, it seems that resiliency as a protective factor helps to prevent addiction in women who live in a family with addicted members. Since the above mentioned relationship is not statistically meaningful, further studies with higher statistical samples should be made in this regard

Keywords:

Addiction , Women , Resiliency , Semnan