BackgroundDrug addiction is considered as a problem of the new century which has destructive consequences for both family and society. This ominous phenomenon resulted from many factors. Present research aimed at recognition of inter-personal factors related to addiction and were conducted through a questionnaire to identify the youths at risk of addiction.ObjectivesPresent research aimed at recognition of inter-personal factors related to addiction and were conducted through a questionnaire to identify the youths at risk of addiction.Materials and MethodsThe design of the present research is correlational analytic. The population consists of all young addicted or non-addicted people between the ages 18 to 35 and the sample consists of 82 addicted and 223 non-addicted young people in Tehran who were selected randomly and simply. The initial form included 120 questions which were administered on the sample in three stages. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistic and factor analysis.ResultsIn this questionnaire four factors of depression and miserableness, having a positive attitude to drug, stress and anxiety and finally seeking high levels of excitement were respectively the strongest factors in predicting the risk of drug-abuse and addiction. The validity of the questionnaire which consists of 75 questions in the final form was calculated through internal consistency. Cronbach alpha of the whole questionnaire was 0.97, which that of the factor of depression and miserableness was 0.96, the factor of a positive attitude to drug was 0.93, the factor of stress and anxiety was 0.90 and the factor of high excitement-seeking was 0.80.ConclusionsThe evaluation of the questionnaire for identifying the individuals in the risk of addiction showed that the questionnaire benefits from appropriate validity and reliability. Therefore, it can be used in preventive fields and research. Moreover, by illuminating interpersonal factors that are effective in drug abuse, proper strategies can be used to prevent drug addiction.

Background: Most of women experience postpartum short or long term mood disorders and secure attachment between couple and being supported from husband has important role in improvement of this disorders. Objectives: Recent research aimed to investigate efficacy of mixed attachment intervention on postpartum depression in women of Isfahan. Patients and Methods:This study was an experimental plan with pretest-posttest and follow up with control group that conducted in a depended hospital of Isfahan University of medical sciences. Though 325 women that had natural delivery, 38 individuals were chosen who had no history of physical or mental disorder in pregnancy or before that and had taken higher scores in Edinburg depression questionnaire. Selected sample administered randomly to both 19 individuals experimental and control group. Mixed attachment intervention had been accomplished for experimental group as though control group had no intervention. ANCOVA method had been used to analysis the data. Results: Results of ANCOVA showed that the mean post-test and follow up scores of depression in the experimental group is significantly lower than that of the control group (P < 0.05). The effect rate of mixed attachment intervention on depression symptoms was 0.38 in posttest and 0.41 in three months follow up. Conclusions: With regard to function of couple`s affective relationship and importance of mother-child attachment, mixed attachment intervention was effective in reduction of postpartum depression symptoms and has important mentions in paying attention to attachment based therapies for decreasing the symptoms of postpartum depression.

Background: Most of women experience postpartum short or long term mood disorders and secure attachment between couple and being supported from husband has important role in improvement of this disorders. Objectives: Recent research aimed to investigate efficacy of mixed attachment intervention on postpartum depression in women of Isfahan. Patients and Methods:This study was an experimental plan with pretest-posttest and follow up with control group that conducted in a depended hospital of Isfahan University of medical sciences. Though 325 women that had natural delivery, 38 individuals were chosen who had no history of physical or mental disorder in pregnancy or before that and had taken higher scores in Edinburg depression questionnaire. Selected sample administered randomly to both 19 individuals experimental and control group. Mixed attachment intervention had been accomplished for experimental group as though control group had no intervention. ANCOVA method had been used to analysis the data. Results: Results of ANCOVA showed that the mean post-test and follow up scores of depression in the experimental group is significantly lower than that of the control group (P < 0.05). The effect rate of mixed attachment intervention on depression symptoms was 0.38 in posttest and 0.41 in three months follow up. Conclusions: With regard to function of couple`s affective relationship and importance of mother-child attachment, mixed attachment intervention was effective in reduction of postpartum depression symptoms and has important mentions in paying attention to attachment based therapies for decreasing the symptoms of postpartum depression.