TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and psychometric validation of the Inventory of Drug Use Determinants amongst Iranian University Students (IDUD-US) in Tabriz, Iran
AU - Nikanfar, Reza
AU - Mahmoodi, Hassan
AU - Allahverdipour, Hamid
AU - Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mohammad
AU - Shaghaghi, Abdolreza
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was conducted as RN’s partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Sciences in Public Health Education and Promotion (MSPH) and partially granted by the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Grant number: 5-53-1816). The authors would like to thank all the staff in DTCs who helped in gaining access to the research participants and also study attendees for their explicit and willing cooperation without which, the research would have been impossible.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Objective: To develop and psychometrically testing the Inventory of Drug Use Determinants among University Students (IDUD-US) to ascertain precipitating factors of drug use by the Iranian university students. Methods: The preliminary item pool generated through an extensive literature review and a panel of experts was solicited to assess its face and content validity. The study sample included 214 registered current or former drug users who had initiated the harmful behavior since their student-life. They were recruited through approaching the private/non-private Drug Treatment Centers (DTC) from November 2015 to June 2016 in the greater city of Tabriz, Iran. Results: The structural indicators of the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (0.725) and Bartlett test of sphericity (P < .0001) verified interpretability of the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) output. The internal consistency measure of the scale was in the vicinity of acceptable range (α = 0.782). Having an addicted friend, pursuit of pleasure and easy purchasability of illegal substances were main trigger for commencement of drug use by 69.6, 64.5, and 61.7% of the respondents consequently. Conclusion: Psychometric consistency of the constructed instrument was verified for use in Iranian university students.
AB - Objective: To develop and psychometrically testing the Inventory of Drug Use Determinants among University Students (IDUD-US) to ascertain precipitating factors of drug use by the Iranian university students. Methods: The preliminary item pool generated through an extensive literature review and a panel of experts was solicited to assess its face and content validity. The study sample included 214 registered current or former drug users who had initiated the harmful behavior since their student-life. They were recruited through approaching the private/non-private Drug Treatment Centers (DTC) from November 2015 to June 2016 in the greater city of Tabriz, Iran. Results: The structural indicators of the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (0.725) and Bartlett test of sphericity (P < .0001) verified interpretability of the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) output. The internal consistency measure of the scale was in the vicinity of acceptable range (α = 0.782). Having an addicted friend, pursuit of pleasure and easy purchasability of illegal substances were main trigger for commencement of drug use by 69.6, 64.5, and 61.7% of the respondents consequently. Conclusion: Psychometric consistency of the constructed instrument was verified for use in Iranian university students.
KW - addiction
KW - Drug use
KW - Iran
KW - scale
KW - student
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85084487065
U2 - 10.1080/14659891.2020.1760368
DO - 10.1080/14659891.2020.1760368
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084487065
SN - 1465-9891
VL - 25
SP - 621
EP - 625
JO - Journal of Substance Use
JF - Journal of Substance Use
IS - 6
ER -