Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology

fa اعتیاد از نگاه نوجوانان: یک پژوهش کیفی Adolescents’ Perspectives on Addiction: A Qualitative Study روانپزشکی و روانشناسی Psychiatry and Psychology پژوهشي اصيل Original Research Abstract Objectives: The aim of this qualitative project was to ascertain the adolescents’ perspectives re-garding health and addiction. Method: 41 adolescents from <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Tehran</city></place> (22 males, 19 females) between 11 and 19 years of age were evaluated by way of open and semi-structured interviews. These subjects were selected by sampl-ing based on the project objectives. The interviews with the subjects were tape-recorded, then trans- cribed, and finally content analyzed. Findings: 87% of subjects under the study claimed friendships and connections with cohorts and 15% declared family as the reasons for the prevalence of addiction. Other reasons of the adole-scents were being relieved of problems and being carefree, feeling superior and powerful, compensat- ing for social restrictions, unemployment and lack of recreations, oppositional tendencies, and curiosity. Results: Considering adolescents as builders of the future and also pervasiveness of addiction problem, attaining information is indispensable regarding the perspectives of this vulnerable group vis-à-vis the relation between the concept of health with addiction. This can be useful in cultural, health, and social program planning as well as need and priority assessments. کلید واژه: اعتیاد، سیگار، الکل، نوجوان، پژوهش کیفی Key words: addiction, cigarettes, alcohol, adolescents, qualitative study 250 257 http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-98&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 S. Parvizi سرور پرویزی E-mail: s_ parvizy@yahoo.com 18003194753284600357 18003194753284600357 Yes F. Ahmadi فضل‌ا... احمدی 18003194753284600358 18003194753284600358 No A. R. Nikbakht Nasrabadi علی‌رضا نیکبخت نصرآبادی 18003194753284600359 18003194753284600359 No