An investigation on the relationship between self-respect and social adjustment among 18-year- old substance-dependent adult individuals

Addiction is an important public health problem that can be observed from adolescence to old age and lowering the quality of life of an individual. Substance dependence can be considered as a behavioral problem that has as much biological and psychosocial origins as the interaction of different risk factors and protective factors. The problem of substance dependence, which is increasingly widespread in our country and in the world, and whose political and social sensitivity has developed gradually in recent years, also affects the young population of society in important dimensions. Problems associated with substance use are problems that require multidisciplinary work because they are multidimensional, multi-factorial and can not be handled in a single direction. The survey aimed to reveal the differences in the self-esteem and social adjustment levels of adults with and without substance dependence. In this direction, data were collected through a sample of 120 patients, 60 clinical cases over 18 years of age and 60 individuals over 18 years of age who do not have any substance dependence. Participants Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Social Compliance Inventory were applied. Findings from the study show that self-esteem, family adaptation, and social adaptations of participants without substance dependence are significantly higher than drug addicted adults. Thus, there was a similar correlation between self-esteem and social cohesion for both groups with and without substance dependence.