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Drug abuse is one of the problems of the world which due to the specific characteristics of individual, social and personality causes irreparable difficult. The aim of this study was the investigation of the relationship between the spirituality development and addiction potential among students of Qom University of Medical Sciences, Iran. This cross-sectional study was performed in Qom University of Medical Sciences, Iran, from February 2015 to July 2016 which accommodates 250 subjects that were selected through systematic random sampling. Data collection tools were demographic, spiritual attitude and addiction potential questionnaire. Data were analyzed, using frequency, percent, Pearson correlation and linear regression analysis in SPSS 20 software. The mean age was 22.26 ± 4.8; 189 (75.6%) of them were women, 207 (82.8%) were single, 239 (95.6%) of them were Iranian, and the others were non-Iranian. The Pearson correlation coefficient between spiritual attitude and addiction potential (R = − 0.25) at the level of p < 0.001 and between spiritual ability and addiction (R = − 0.16) at the level of p < 0/009 was reversed and meaningful, and between spiritual attitude and spiritual ability (R = 0/76) is directly and statistically significant at the level of p < 0/001. Increasing spiritual attitude and spiritual ability is associated with decreasing addiction potential among students. Information this article can be use to planning spirituality development among students that can be a kind of obstacle against addiction during stressful events.
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Symptom Checklist-25 (SCL-25).
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Aliakbarzadeh Arani, Z., Biderafsh, A. & Salmani, S. The Relationship of Spirituality Development and Addiction Potential Among Students of Qom University of Medical Sciences. J Relig Health 58, 1107–1114 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0643-x
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