Role of Childhood Trauma in Addiction and Social Anxiety of Young Drug Users in Islamshahr City

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of childhood trauma in addiction and social anxiety among young drug users in Islamshahr City. This research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of descriptive-correlation method and it is survey type. The statistical population of the present study was 800 young drug users in Islamshahr City who had been referred to addiction treatment and counselling clinics. Based on the table of Morgan Karjesi, the sample size was calculated to be 260 people. To collect information, a questionnaire tool was used, which was distributed among the sample using the available sampling method. 22SPSS software was used to analyze the findings and regression analysis was used to check the hypotheses. The results showed that the correlation between childhood trauma and the addiction tendency of drug users is 0.75. Also, the determination coefficient value is 0.29, which shows that 0.29 changes in the variable of tendency towards addiction among drug users can be explained by childhood trauma. Therefore, it can be concluded that childhood trauma with a confidence level of 95%; has a significant effect on the addiction tendency of young drug users. Also, the correlation between childhood trauma and social anxiety of young drug users is 0.465. Also, the coefficient of determination is 0.441, which shows that 0.44 of the changes in the social anxiety variable of drug users can be explained through childhood trauma. Therefore, it can be concluded that childhood therapy has a direct and significant effect on addiction and social anxiety of drug users with a confidence level of 95%. Therefore, paying attention to childhood trauma plays an important role in predicting young people's tendency to addiction as well as their social anxiety.