the assessment of self-esteem in addicted women

Authors

maliheh dadgarmoghaddam department of community medicine, faculty of medicine, psychiatry and behavioral sciences research center, ibn-e-sina hospital, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran

hakimeh baseri resident of community medicine, department of community medicine, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran

arash alipourtabrizi iranian legal medicine research center, legal medicine organization, tehran, ir iran

mohammad khajedaluee professor of community medicine, department of community medicine, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, ir iran; professor of community medicine, department of community medicine, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, ferdowsi campus, vakil abad blv, mashhad, ir iran. tel: +98-9155084676, fax: +98-5138002398

abstract

conclusions lower level of self-steem should be considered as an important factor for tendency for drug abuse. results the mean age of participants was not statistically different in three groups (p = 0.75) but the other variables (i.e. level of education, job, location of living, and marital status) show significant statistical difference (p = 0.001).the mean score of self-esteem in the group of imprisoned addicts, addicts and control groups were respectively 14.87 ± 4.70, 15.16 ± 4.71, and 22.90 ± 5.06. the mean score in the control group is significantly higher than addict group (chi-square = 74.97, p < 0.001). background self-esteem is the level of respect which an individual pays to himself and his identity. having healthy self-esteem is a fundamental need for human beings and lack of it may have some consequences. objectives the aim of this study was to determine and compare the level of self-esteem among female addicts with normal control group. patients and methods the study is an analytical cross-sectional study. the present study was conducted on three groups: imprisoned addicted women, addicted women in the society visiting welfare associations who did not have a background of imprisonment, and a control group including non-addicts who did not have the records of imprisonment and visiting health care centers to receive consultation services. validated persian version of the rosenbergs self-esteem scale was used in this study. the chi-square test, anova and kruskal-wallis tests were used.

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