research on addiction

Objective: This research was conducted to study the relationship between time perspective and tendency to substance abuse in adolescents. Method: The number of 405 adolescent female students in Tehran high schools was selected by multistage random sampling method. These participants were then tested by Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory and Addiction Potential Scale. Results: Pearson correlation results showed that tendency to substance abuse has a significant positive correlation with past negative, present hedonistic, and present fatalistic while it is negatively correlated with future time perspective. The results of regression analysis also showed that the four dimensions of past negative, present hedonistic, future, and present fatalistic aspects were the predictor variables that had met the conditions of entry to the final regression equation to explain tendency to substance abuse. Conclusion: Time perspective is an important and key factor in tendency to substance use. The results of this study suggest that training one person to move towards future time perspective, to delay immediate enjoyment, and to consider the consequences of present actions can be effective in having a balanced time perspective and preventing substance abuse in adolescents.