Attitude towards home and family and loneliness among substance users

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Priyanka and Shriya Vashisht (Amity Institute of Behaviour and Allied Sciences (AIBAS), Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana)

Youth addiction is a quotidian issue nowadays, daily reported and debated. The extreme glamorization depicted in the movies and in advertisements instils excitement among youngsters further seducing them to try harmful drugs like nicotine, tobacco, alcohol, etc because of their inevitable want and their inability to quit it, posing a fret for themselves and the people surrounding them. Even after being completely aware of the harmful effects, followed by the persistent use of it they are still not able to quit because more than physical attachment, the psychological forces driving their needs take over. Hence addiction is a condition in which a person engages in use of a substance or in behaviour repeatedly despite detrimental consequences. The main aim of this research is to find out the factors that trigger the addicts to get involved in behaviours which have proven to be fatal now and in past. For the present study a sample of 100 college students (Private University, Gurgaon) were taken which was further divided into two groups (Regular & occasional users) using CRAFT (2009); and were later assessed on the dimensions of Attitude towards Home and Family by Saraswat (2002); and Loneliness scale by Meenakshi (2010). Results revealed the impact of attitude towards home and family and loneliness on the Addiction behaviour and the significant statistical differences between the two groups.