The Relation between Deterministic Thinking and Mental Health among Substance Abusers Involved in a Rehabilitation Program

Objective: the current research is to investigate the relation between deterministic thinking and mentalhealth among drug abusers, in which the role of  cognitive distortions is considered and clarified byfocusing on deterministic thinking. methods: the present study is descriptive and correlative. all individuals with experience of drug abusewho had been referred to the shafagh rehabilitation center (kahrizak) were considered as the statisticalpopulation. 110 individuals who were addicted to drugs (stimulants and methamphetamine) were selectedfrom this population by purposeful sampling to answer questionnaires about deterministic thinking andgeneral health. for data analysis pearson coefficient correlation and regression analysis was used.results: the results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between deterministicthinking and the lack of mental health at the statistical level [r=%22, p<0.05], which had the closestrelation to deterministic thinking among the factors of mental health, such as anxiety and depression. itwas found that the two factors of deterministic thinking which function as the strongest variables thatpredict the lack of mental health are: definitiveness in predicting tragic events and future anticipation.discussion: it seems that drug abusers suffer from deterministic thinking when they are confronted withdifficult situations, so they are more affected by depression and anxiety. this way of thinking may play amajor role in impelling or restraining drug addiction.