Background:
Self-efficacy is the
belief that one has the ability to implement the behaviors needed to produce a
desired effect. There has been growing interest in the role of self-efficacy as
a predictor and/or mediator of treatment outcome in a number of domains. Procrastination
is a self-regulatory failure, defined as the voluntary delay of an intended
course of action despite expecting to be worse off for the delay. Behavioral
procrastination is a self-sabotage strategy that allows people to shift blame
and avoid action; the decisional procrastination strategy is to put off making
a decision when dealing with conflicts or choices. Procrastination has a great
role in quitting drug addiction.
Objectives:
The aim of this study
was to determine the relationship between procrastination and self-efficacy and
other factors among intravenous drug users.
Patients and Methods:
This cross-sectional
study was conducted on 178 intravenous drug users in the behavioral disease
counseling, health center in Sari city, Mazandaran province, Iran, in 2013. The
samples were selected through census sampling, descriptive and inferential
statistics were used to measure the properties of distribution that depicts a
set of data shown as frequency distribution tables, while for the mean and standard
deviation, chi-square, Fisher and Spearman-Brown coefficients were used to
analyze the data.
Results:
The mean age of the
participants was 43 years. Seventy-two percent of them were married and opium
was the first drug used. The first substance used in them was 54% of opium, 33%
cannabis and 5% alcohol and 79% smoking. The reason of the first drug use in
32% of the subjects was temptation and in 10% a friend’s influence. The mean
age of the first drug use was 23 years, and the frequency was 2 times per day.
All of them had relapse at least once. Seven percent of them currently use
other materials (2% crystal, 5% alcohol and opium and crack) both in methadone
treatment. Behavioral procrastination in 60.5% of them and decisional
procrastination in 62% is from low to average range. There was a significant
relationship between relapse and self-efficacy as well as between self-efficacy
and the age of the first drug use, drug dose, and procrastination for
treatment, marriage, employment and job. Also, the relationship between
behavioral procrastination and self-efficacy was significant and inverse.
Conclusions:
This study found a
significant difference between procrastination and self-efficacy as well as
other related factors. It is important to include drug users and the society
organizations representing them in every stage of the governmental policy and
program development process to make them responsive to the needs of the
community.
Methods of Substance Abuse and Reasons for Drug-Usea
| Variables | Values |
|---|---|
| The methods of substance abuse | |
| Smoking | 119 (79) |
| Oral | 21 (14) |
| Inhalant | 4 (3) |
| Injection | 2 (1) |
| Others | 5 (3) |
| Total | 151 (100) |
| The reasons for drug use | |
| Temptation | 48 (32) |
| Friends | 15 (10) |
| Family problems | 10 (7) |
| Fun | 6 (4) |
| Work-related fatigue | 4 (3) |
| Others | 68 (44) |
| Total | 151 (100) |
aData are presented as Frequency (%).
Full article at: http://goo.gl/MtIqXO
By:
1Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Research
Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari,
IR Iran
2Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of
Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, IR Iran
*Corresponding Author: Fatemeh Taghizadeh,
Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Research Center, Addiction Institute, Zare
Hospital, Neka Road, Sari, IR Iran. Tel/Fax: +98-1133285659, E-mail: moc.oohay@ytaf.gat
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