INVESTIGATING THE CAUSES OF WOMEN’S TENDENCY TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE: A REVIEW STUDY

Background and Aim : Considering that half of the population in society are women, and play a very important role in promoting of society, each issue that is relevant to the women s community such as addiction is most important.The growing trend of women-dependent to drug around the world is one of the social phenomena, which appeared from the last quarter of the twentieth century Since. Because of the consequences of women s addiction in society are much more terrible than to men, this study aimed to investigate the causes of women s tendency towards drug abuse.Methods : In this review study, the use of the keywords of addiction, addicted women, and substance abuse was used to search the SID, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Pubmed, Scopus, Proquest and Magiran databases. For this purpose, many authoritative electronic articles and books In Persian and English, between 2005 and 2017.Results : By examining the texts and results of the researchers in the field of addiction and summing up the findings of the previous articles, the most important factors influencing the tendency of women to substance abuse are personal, psychological, family and social factors. Personal factors include: age, gender, occupation, marital status and educational level, psychological factors including: Sense of isolation, lack of social cognition and weakness of will, family factors including: history of drug use in the family, conflict among family members, Dissatisfaction with the spouse and marital life, and social factors such as addicted friends and poverty and high social welfare.Conclusion : Women s addiction is a more hidden form than men, which requires more attention to investigate the causes of women s tendency to use of drugs and to provide preventive and courageous measures to reduce women addiction

Keywords:

Addiction , Addicted Women , Substance Abuse