Leila Kazemipour Chenijani - Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Kish International Branch
Behnam Makvandi - Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University Ahvaz Branch

One of the factors that affect the performance and dynamism of the family is drug addiction among thefamilies that enhance the social and psychological problems of family members (Copello, 2009). Inaddition, drug dependence and abuse are among the most important problems of the present era that havefound global expansion. The annual report of the World Health Organization (2005) shows that there areabout 200 million people in the world who are addicted to various narcotics and the numbers of victims ofdrug users are added every day. Furthermore, various side effects (including mental, physical, familial,cultural, economic and social disorders) of these narcotics have transcended all social and culturalboundaries and seriously threaten human health (Templeton et al., 2007). Regarding our country, thenumber of addicts in 1997 (2 million individuals) increased by one and a half time in 2001 (3 millionindividuals). However, unofficial statistics indicate that there are more than six million addicts in Iran(Heydari et al., 2006).