Predicting the Membership of Adolescents & Adults in Addict & Non-addict Groups According to Perceived Social Support, Attachment Styles, Identity Styles & Personality Traits

The purpose of the current research was to identify the role of perceived social support، attachment styles، identity styles، and personality traits in discriminating between addict and non-addict groups. In this causual-comparative study، the statistical population includes all male addicts (ranging in age from 15 to 25 years old) in Tooska’s rehabilitation camp in Tehran (Afsariye Zone). For sampling، 60 addict males and 60 non-addict males by available sampling were selected. Assessment instrument consisted of NEO-FFI (Costa & McCrae1992)، ISI-6G (White et al، 1998)، Adult’s attachment styles (Besharat، 1379)، and perceives social support questionnaire (Zimmet et al، 1988). Data was analyzed by SPSS-18 software and discriminant analysis method was used. The results showed that these variables can predict the membership in addict and non-addict groups. The 12 predictive variables accounted for 61. 7% & 60% of the variance between addict and non-addict groups. By comparing standard coefficients، the most 3 important components in discriminating between groups were respectively: normative identity style، perceived social support، and conscientiousness personality trait. In stepwise discriminatory model، 86. 7% of participants were categorized in addict and non-addict groups correctly.