Addiction as a risky adolescent encounter with identity challenges and other important areas) (Qualitative study of causes and conditions of drug addiction in Ilam city)

P, S

doi:10.22054/rjsw.2021.55850.438

Addiction as a risky adolescent encounter with identity challenges and other important areas) (Qualitative study of causes and conditions of drug addiction in Ilam city)

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

s p

kkk

https://doi.org/10.22054/rjsw.2021.55850.438

Abstract

One of the most important social problems in Ilam is addiction. The method of the present article is qualitative. The main question of the article is why addiction has occurred among the research samples? The main question of the research is what narratives do they talk about how they became addicted to drugs? To answer this question, we used grounded theory method. The study sample consisted of 25 men living in addiction treatment centers (19 to 38 years old) who had the time and ability to participate in the study. The most important categories obtained from the research are: Addiction as a rebellion against the family; Addiction as opposition to school; Tendency to independence; empathy with reference groups; Easy access to materials and lack of leisure spaces; Attractive semantics for materials; The first pleasant experience and incompatibility with previous ideas, Late family awareness; Family poverty; Family inability to react properly; The importance of emotional activism, the addict's effort to overcome addiction and repeat the cycle of Social exclusion and elimination in society.

Keywords

Addiction

Ilam

Adolescence

Identity

Risk