Life meanings and environmentally responsible behavior due to the subjective comfort and satisfaction of drug addicts at the stage of rehabilitation

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study of life meanings and values in connection with the life satisfaction of persons with drug addiction at the stage of rehabilitation. The urgency of the problem is determined by the fact that the statistics provided by the UN confirm that the number of people who use drugs is steadily increasing every year. In this regard, the issues of prevention of drug addiction and rehabilitation of addicts for the Russian society are today the most acute and represent a global problem. The results obtained in the study state that for drug addicts at the stage of rehabilitation, they begin to have a meaningful attitude to their life, positively assess the life path they have passed and the experience gained, considering it the beginning of a new stage in life, and make plans for the future. This fact may indicate the productivity of the rehabilitation program. They do not think about how much life in general is subject to control on their part. The respondents attach value to the very living of life, feel the need to be able to feel love in all its manifestations. Status and altruistic meanings are of the least importance in the respondents' system of life meanings. Hedonistic meanings of life prevail, acceptance of life as it is. Also, statistically significant relationships were found between the components of life meanings and values and the components of life satisfaction in drug addicts.