Modelling the Relations of Religiousness and Family Emotional Climate to Self-Efficacy for Addiction Withdrawal with Regard to the Mediating Role of the Meaning of Life in Substance-Dependent Women

The aim of this study was modelling the relations of religiousness and family emotional climate to self-efficacy for addiction withdrawal with regard to the mediating role of the meaning of life in substance-dependent women.

The present study was descriptive-correlational of structural equation modelling type. The statistical population consisted of all substance-dependent women referring to addiction treatment centers in Ahvaz in 2019. Among them, 149 individuals were selected through convenience sampling method. Participants completed the quit addiction self-efficacy inventory, the religiousness scale, the family emotional climate questionnaire, and the meaning in life questionnaire.

The results showed that religiousness had significant direct effects on self-efficacy for addiction withdrawal, but family emotional climate did not have. Religiousness and family emotional climate were significantly related to the meaning of life. In turn, the meaning of life had a significant association with self-efficacy for addiction withdrawal. Also, the indirect effects of religiousness and family emotional climate on self-efficacy for addiction withdrawal through the mediating role of the meaning of life were significant.

Based on the results, it can be said that religiousness, family emotional climate, and the meaning of life are important variables that should be considered in treatment programs to quit addiction.