Author/Authors :
Shakeri، Jalal نويسنده , , Farnia، Vahid نويسنده Behavioral sciences Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. Farnia, Vahid , Golshani، Senobar نويسنده Behavioral Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Farabi hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. Golshani, Senobar , Yaghoobi، Kianoosh نويسنده Young Researchers and Elite Club, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran. Yaghoobi, Kianoosh
Abstract :
The present study aimed at comparing sensation seeking between addicts and non-addicts in one hand, and the type of the first consumed opioid and sensation seeking rate among addicts on the other hand. 80 addicted participants were chosen from the referents to the Addiction Treatment Center who was approved to be drug addict by DSM-IV-RT tests. The non-addicts, also, were 79 participants having no drug addicts before. Zukerman Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) was used to gather the data; moreover One-way ANOVA test and Tukey follow-up test also were used to analyze existing differences between the groups. The result revealed that addict group has significantly higher sensation seeking than non-addict group. In addition those who have begun by industrial opioids and addictive stimulants have higher sensation seeking than those starting by traditional opioids. As a result those having high sensation seeking are more in danger of addiction, so they should be recognized promptly to lead them to the socially accepted occupations and exciting activities, satisfying their high sensation seeking.
