Prediction of Students' Tendency to Addiction based on Religious Orientation and Self-Differentiation

Addiction for narcotics is a dangerous reality and is one of the most important socioeconomic and health problems, threatens the human society and leads to social stagnancy in various aspects. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of religious orientation and self-differentiation in Students' tendency to addiction. The research method was descriptive correlational. The “tendency to addiction”, “religious orientation Scale” and “self-differentiation” are used, and data from 200 women were collected. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation and multiple regressions). The results showed that there is a significant relationship between intrinsic religious orientation and self- differentiation with tendency to addiction (P <0.01). The results of regression analysis showed that intrinsic religious orientation and self-differentiation have a significant role in predicting the variance of tendency to addiction. The intrinsic religious orientation and self-differentiation are linked to different mechanisms of addiction. The findings of the present study are an important topic for student addiction prevention programs.