Women Addiction from The View Point of Administrative Officials of Alborz Province

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In this article, the conditions, interactions, consequences, and activities carried out on women's addiction in the province of Alborz have been understood from the view point of the officials of the Alborz. The method is qualitative and in the process of research, grounded theory has been used. The data were collected using the deep interview technique method. According to theoretical sampling method and theoretical saturation criterion, 19 officials from the Alborz province participated in the study. The results of categorization indicate 10 major categories. Social learning and coping pressure, family tension, weakness of control system, lack of support after addiction ceasing, treatment centers for cured people, awareness and education for preventing addiction, culture of various institutions, healing centers in the Alborz province, NGOs, and increasing prevalence of women addiction were the major categories. The core category was "Increasing trend of women addiction due to structural pressure and inconsistencies of organizations".
 

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Volume 11, Issue 4
Autumn 2018
Pages 52-74

  • Receive Date 16 November 2018
  • First Publish Date 16 November 2018
  • Publish Date 22 December 2017