Attitude, Perceived Severity and Behavioral Intention to Methamphetamine use among Iranian Adolescents
Journal Title: Journal of Science and today’s world - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
One the most important problems in recent years was psychoactive substances abuse, especially among adolescents and young people. The aim of this study, was determined attitude, perceived severity and behavioral intention toward methamphetamine use among sample of adolescents in the Yasuj County, southern of Iran. This cross-sectional study was performed among 474 male adolescent were selected in random sampling for participants in our study. Data collection by standard self-report questionnaire, and analyzed by SPSS version 21 using bivariate correlations, and linear regression statistical tests at 95% significant level. Our result indicated, intention of methamphetamine use while it was correlated with the positive attitudes toward the methamphetamine use (r= 0.657), and it was inversely related with perceived severity (r=-0.307). In addition, the two predictor variables of (1) attitude, and (2) perceived severity accounted for 44% of the variation in the outcome measure of the intention to use the methamphetamine use.
Authors and Affiliations
Mari Ataee, Touraj Ahmadi Jouybari, Seyyed Nasrolah Hosseini, Abbas Aghaei, Mohammad Mahboubi, Fazel Zinat-Motlagh
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