research on addiction

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of optimistic attributional styles in reducing addiction potential and change into attributional styles in female students. Method:  A quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest control group research design was used in this study. The number of 40 students was selected by random cluster sampling from the statistical population of female students in Pakdasht high schools. Then, they were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received nine training sessions of optimistic attributional styles. Attributional Style Questionnaire and Iranian Scale of Addiction Potential were used for data collection purposes. Results: The results showed that the training of optimistic attributional styles leads to the significant reduction of addiction potential. In addition, this will converts pessimistic attributional styles to optimistic attributional styles among students. Conclusion: Training optimistic attributional styles can play an important role in the prevention of addiction.