Investigating the Relationship between Intellectual Personality and Readiness for Addiction in Iranian Adolescents

Mehri MoazenNasab

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between intellectual personality and readiness for addiction in boy’s secondary school students in Iran. The method used was descriptive and correlation. The population studied in this study was all second-grade boys in the city of Roodan (in Iran), of whom 280 were selected using the Morgan table and available sampling method. The research tool was Ahwaz's Addiction Readiness scale and the student's intellectual personality assessment questionnaire. After analyzing the data, the following results were obtained: There is a significant relationship between autonomous personality and the readiness for addiction in boys in secondary school. There is a significant relationship between the high needs personality and the readiness for addiction in boys in secondary school. There is a significant relationship between the passive intellectual personality and the readiness for addiction in boys' secondary school students. There is a significant relationship between the militant intellectual personality and the readiness for addiction in boys in secondary school in Iran. There is a significant relationship between intellectual personality and adolescents' readiness for addiction.

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