The Role of Social Participation in Improving Addicts' Psychological Well-being and Rehabilitation in Yazd City

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of social participation on the betterment of addicts' psychological well-being and rehabilitation. Method: The population of this study included the addicted people presenting to Yazd addiction treatment centers in 2016-17. A total of 300 addicted individuals were selected using convenience sampling method. Keyes's Social Well-being Questionnaire (to examine social participation), Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale, and Reef Psychological Well-Being Scale-Short Form (RSPWB-SF) were used as data collection tools in this study. Results: The results showed that social participation has a significant and direct effect on the psychological well-being and rehabilitation of addicted people. Finally, psychological well-being was revealed to play a mediating role; and it was found that social participation with psychological well-being mediating has an indirect effect on addicts' rehabilitation under the mediating role of psychological well-being. Conclusion: The findings of this research showed that the rehabilitation of addicted people is predicted by social participation and psychological behavior.