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Background: Substance abuse is the most important problem for
mental health specialists in the contemporary societies. This study was aimed
to examine the role of personality traits and demographical factors in attitude
towards substance abuse and its outcomes.
Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, from
students of Damghan University, 95 boys and 105 girls selected by simple random
sampling and they completed the The Attititde to Addiction Scale, The
Personality Five-Factor Questionniare and Demographical Questionniare. Data
were analyzed using correlation and stepwise multiple regression through SPSS
v. 19.
Results: There was a significant relationship among neuroticism,
extraversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness and income with
attitude to substance abuse and related outcomes (p<0.001). Also, gender,
literacy and age merely have significant relationship with attitude to outcomes
of substance abuse (p<0.001). Agreeableness, neuroticism, conscientiousness,
openness and income had significant role on prediction of inclination to
substance abuse (p<0.001). Also, conscientiousness, openness, neuroticism,
gender, agreeableness, literacy and age had significant role on predicting the
outcomes of substance abuse (p<0.001).
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