object relations and vulnerability to substance abuse relapse among addicts visiting narcotics anonymous centers in qom city, 2018

Background: substance abuse is a chronic disorder that has been a major social problem in most countries in recent decades. this study aimed to investigate the object relations and vulnerability to substance abuse relapse among addicts visiting narcotics anonymous centers. methods: in a crosssectional study, 385 addicts who visited narcotics anonymous centers in qom city were entered. a demographic questionnaire, timeline followback interview, and bell object relations inventory were used to gather the required data and spss21 was used to analyze the data. results: in general, 61.5 and 92.2 percent of participants were married and employed, respectively. there was a significant positive relationship between subscales of alienation, insecure attachment, egocentricity (p < 0.001), and vulnerability to substance relapse. conclusion: according to findings, it seems that patterns of relation with initial objects and damages incurred by failure in objectsdriven need expressions may have deep effects on people’s future life trajectories, mainly substance abuse and its relapse.