The relationship between Religiosityand Demographical Factors with Drug Abuse in university students

The present research is intended to investigate the relationship between religiosity and demographical factors with drug abuse in university student. The statistical community of this study included all male and female students in Tehran University, who were enrolled in the 1388-89 academic year. The sample group included 182 college students that have been chosen via multistage random sampling method. Assessment instruments were the «Religiosity Scale, Bastami and Bahrami Ehsan, 1387 and «Risk Behaviors Questionnaire» (2007)». Data were analyzed by using independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and Stepwise multiple regression. Findings demonstrated that there is significant difference between religiosity and drug abuse in females and males. Religiosity had a negative correlation with drug abuse. Stepwise regression analysis showed that gender, religiosity and marriage could explain 0/144 of variance to smoke. In addition, Stepwise regression analysis demonstrated that gender and religiosity in two steps could explain 0/146 and 0/088 of variance in alcohol and narcotic substances.