Abstract

Addiction, because of its progressive nature in all aspects of life, is considered as a health hazard and its adverse effects are visible in mental, physical, social, emotional, spiritual and cognitive health of people in the family and community. This study shows the relationship between addiction in family and quality of life in Iranian families and in this respect addiction was considered as the independent variables and quality of life was the dependent variable. The research method used in this study includes library and survey methods which collected information and data by questionnaires techniques. Statistical population in this study include 200 wives of addict people in three drug addiction centers in Tehran district 11 who voluntarily cooperated and were questioned through Nonprobability Sampling method. Results showed that the main hypothesis of the study is confirmed, which indicates that there is a significant relationship between addiction in family and quality of life, from the perspective of women in Iranian society.

Keywords:

Addiction, family, quality of life, women,

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