Zeinab Nemati|Hossein Matlabi
Assessing behavioral patterns of Internet addiction and drug abuse among high school students
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences|Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
background internet addiction drug abuse isolate adolescents family friends cause damage health relations emotions spirit society adolescents addiction extracts high cost health care educational failure mental health services objectives aim study assess behavioral patterns internet drug addiction among urban rural students urmia iran methods sectional descriptiveanalytical approach stratified sampling method employed recruit 385 high school students urban rural areas internet addiction test iat addiction acknowledgement scale aas used data collection results total score internet addiction among students 4172 1741 approximately twothird students addicted internet mean score aas 187 123 among boys 175 131 among girls moreover 831 students prone abusing substances statistically significant relationship found mothers literacy level internet addiction behavior students p 0009 conclusion concentrating adolescents behavioral patterns tendency toward misusing internet drugs notable procedure therefore focusing adolescents health institutionalizing appropriate training programs adolescents families vital keywords internet drug abuse adolescence addiction behavior