On the Relationship between Attachment Styles and Attitude towards Drugs: Moderating Role of Personality Traits
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Mahdieh Rahmanian; Maryam Zamani; Hooshang Alibazi
- Source
- Research on Addiction, Vol 9, Iss 33, Pp 121-134 (2015)
- Subject
- Attachment Styles
Personality Traits
Attitude towards Drugs
Neuroticism
Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RM1-950
Psychology
BF1-990
- Language
- Persian
- ISSN
- 2008-4307
2423-6535
Objective: The present study aimed at investigating the moderating role of personality traits in the relationship between attachment styles and attitude towards drugs. Method: To this end, 190 first-semester students of Tehran Payam Noor University (south center) in 2013-2014 were randomly selected and requested to complete adult attachment scale, Eysenck personality questionnaire, and attitude towards drugs questionnaire. Results: The results of this study indicated that only avoidance attachment style could predict attitude towards drugs and this relationship could be significantly moderated by neuroticism. Conclusion: The results of this study can have applications and implications in the development of treatment and training programs for addiction prevention in vulnerable populations.