Bayrami Mansour, Alizadeh Goradel Jaber, Hashemi Touraj, Mahmood-Alilu Majid
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, IR Iran.
Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2012 Fall;1(3):104-8. doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.6630. Epub 2012 Nov 26.
Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases the risk of several psychiatric disorders, like substance use disorders (SUDs).
This study aimed to predict the tendency for drug use from child and adult ADHD symptoms in adults among male students from Tabriz University, Iran.
For this purpose, 361 students were selected via a stratified random sampling from different faculties of Tabriz University. The students completed the Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scale self-report form and subscale (CAARS) questionnaire, Addiction Acknowledgment Scale (AAS) and MacAndrew Alcoholism Revised-Scale (MAC-R).
To analyze the data Pearson correlation and multiple regressions (step by step) were used. Results indicated that there is a significant relationship between scores on the AAS and MAC-R via child and adult ADHD symptoms (P = 0.01). Moreover, we found that those with the highest addiction acknowledgment (13%) exhibited adult ADHD (total) and child ADHD. Alcohol potential (15%) was related to scores of child ADHD and impulsivity.
According to this result behavioral disorders, especially ADHD, have an effect on the tendency to use drugs and therefore the primary treatment of behavioral disorders could prevent future drug abuse.
成人注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）会增加患多种精神疾病的风险，如物质使用障碍（SUDs）。
本研究旨在预测伊朗大不里士大学男学生中，儿童期和成人期ADHD症状对成人药物使用倾向的影响。
为此，通过分层随机抽样从大不里士大学不同院系选取了361名学生。这些学生完成了康纳斯成人ADHD评定量表自评表及分量表（CAARS）问卷、成瘾承认量表（AAS）和麦克安德鲁酒精中毒修订量表（MAC-R）。
采用Pearson相关性分析和逐步多元回归分析数据。结果表明，通过儿童期和成人期ADHD症状，AAS和MAC-R得分之间存在显著相关性（P = 0.01）。此外，我们发现成瘾承认程度最高的人群（13%）表现出成人ADHD（总分）和儿童ADHD。酒精使用倾向（15%）与儿童ADHD得分及冲动性有关。
根据这一结果，行为障碍，尤其是ADHD，会对药物使用倾向产生影响，因此行为障碍的早期治疗可预防未来的药物滥用。
