University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal of School Psychology 22520821 9 1 2020 04 20 The Comparison of Vulnerability Dimensions to Addiction between Student with and without Oppositional Defiant Disorder The Comparison of Vulnerability Dimensions to Addiction between Student with and without Oppositional Defiant Disorder 97 114 905 10.22098/jsp.2020.905 FA K Abdolmohamadi lecturer of Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran E Ahmadi Associate Professor of Psychology,Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran A Chobdary Ph.D of Psychology of Exceptional Children, Allameh Tabataba'i University M Hosseinalizade Ph.D of Psychology of Exceptional Children, University of Isfahan Journal Article 2020 05 10 Vulnerability to addiction is one of the main components of the prediction of social health and addiction in adolescent. The purpose of this study was to compare the components of vulnerability to addiction between adolescents with and without Oppositional Defiant Disorder. The research design was a causal-comparative research. The statistical population of this study consisted of all male students’ high school in Tabriz city in the academic year of 2016-2017 that Based on the Morgan sampling table, 500 were selected and were screened by the YSR (Youth Self-Report) then 40 students with Oppositional Defiant Disorder. And 40 Normal students were selected. In the next step, by using of Inci addiction questionnaire identified people at risk to addiction tendency in two groups. To investigate the research hypothesis, MANOVA test was used and the results showed there is a significant difference between the two groups in the components of the vulnerability to addiction (depression, positive attitude towards drugs, anxiety, and high excitement) and total score in confidence level of 0.99. This difference was in favor of without Oppositional Defiant Disorder. In other words, this test has determined that adolescents with Oppositional Defiant Disorder are more vulnerable to addiction. Early diagnosis and early intervention for Oppositional Defiant Disorder can reduce the likelihood of vulnerability to addiction among adolescents. Vulnerability to addiction is one of the main components of the prediction of social health and addiction in adolescent. The purpose of this study was to compare the components of vulnerability to addiction between adolescents with and without Oppositional Defiant Disorder. The research design was a causal-comparative research. The statistical population of this study consisted of all male students’ high school in Tabriz city in the academic year of 2016-2017 that Based on the Morgan sampling table, 500 were selected and were screened by the YSR (Youth Self-Report) then 40 students with Oppositional Defiant Disorder. And 40 Normal students were selected. In the next step, by using of Inci addiction questionnaire identified people at risk to addiction tendency in two groups. To investigate the research hypothesis, MANOVA test was used and the results showed there is a significant difference between the two groups in the components of the vulnerability to addiction (depression, positive attitude towards drugs, anxiety, and high excitement) and total score in confidence level of 0.99. This difference was in favor of without Oppositional Defiant Disorder. In other words, this test has determined that adolescents with Oppositional Defiant Disorder are more vulnerable to addiction. Early diagnosis and early intervention for Oppositional Defiant Disorder can reduce the likelihood of vulnerability to addiction among adolescents. https://jsp.uma.ac.ir/article_905_321d000bcede0144c4bd3da8fa9c2786.pdf