The Comparison of Self-regulation and Affective Control in Methamphetamine and Narcotics Addicts and Non-Addicts

Background: increased prevalence and widespread use of methamphetamine is the public challenge and worry in the world. it seems that low levels of self-regulation and affective control to carry up probability of psychoactive drugs abuse. objectives: the purpose of the present study is the comparison of self-regulation and affective control in methamphetamine and narcotics addicts and non-addicts. materials and methods: in this causative-comparative study, 80 addicts (40 methamphetamine addicts and 40 narcotic addicts) who referred to self-reference quitting addictive centers in miyaneh, iran, participated in convenience sampling. then, they matched up with 40 non-addicts according to age, sex, educational level, and marital status. to collect data, we used self-regulation questionnaire and affective control scale. the data was analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance (manova) and lsd test. results: result shows that there is a significant difference between methamphetamine addicts and narcotics addicts and non-addicts in selfregulation and affective control (p = 0.001). conclusions: this finding indicates that low self-regulation and affective control is a risky factor in psychoactive drugs abuse.