Abstract

The study was conducted to examine the factors affecting adolescents' addiction potential in Shiraz. The population was all male and female high school students (N=33,450) in Shiraz in 2019. Multi-stage cluster sampling was used for sampling. The total samples examined were 379 students from 4 educational districts in 16 classrooms. Ahvaz'saddiction potential scale(Zargar et al., 2008)was used in the study. Addiction potentialscale was developed by Wade and Butcher (1992) with some efforts made to determine its validity in Iran. We described the data using descriptive statistical methods (mean and standard deviation) and descriptive Tables and Graphs. For inferential statistics, we used correlation tests between variables and structural equation modeling(SEM) tests to determine the relationship between the variables. Moreover, Smart PLS was used to determine the effect of each variable. Results: According to the results, there is a significant relationship between addiction potentialindices and the tendency fordrug abuse, meaning that the addiction potential increases with the increase in the tendency to drug abuse.As this goodness of fit value is acceptable and the model is approved according to Table 1,one can see that the value of the path coefficient is 0.743 and shows the significance of the relationship.