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Journal of Psychology and Cognition | Volume 4
May 13-14, 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic
Addiction Research and Therapy
2nd International Conference on
J Psychol Cognition, Volume 4
Investigation of self-harm behaviour and its relation to several factors in drug users
under probation order
Mine Pazarcikci
Ege University, Turkey
Aim: Drug abuse as one of the main important health
issues around the world is found to be correlated with
several risk factors such as family relations, academic
success, psychological disorders like depression etc. As
another risk factor that can be evaluated, it is also seen
that patients under psychological treatment due to self-
harm behaviour show high levels of drug abuse. In this
study it is aimed to study the relationship between self-
harm behaviour and several other risk factors in a sample
from drug users under probation order.
Method: The sample has been chosen by random sampling
method within people under probation order due to
Turkish Criminal Law Article 191. The study is performed
with 500 participants who are aged 18-65 years and whose
age average is 28±8; following written permission taken
from General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses.
During face to face interviews, the aim of the study is
told to individuals and Informed Consent Form is given
to individuals who accept to participate. Then, Personal
Information Form including related questions within the
scope of the study is applied.
Findings: 18% of participants have self-harm behaviour,
7.4% have suicide attempts. Statistically significant results
are obtained between types of drugs used, age of starting
drug usage, drug use time periods and self-harm behaviour
(p=0.000 p<0.05).
Results: Addiction is a whole and it is important to regard
multifactor related to each other and to plan research in
that way. Within this perspective, one of those factors to be
considered not only in prevention but also in intervention
procedures for drug usage is thought to be psychological
factors like self-harm behaviour.
Speaker Biography
Mine Pazarcikci completed her sociology degree in Ege University in 2009.
She has been working as a sociologist in the probation department since
2013. She has graduated from Ege University Drug Addiction Programme
(MSc). The title of her thesis topic is “Research on Cigarette, Alcohol and
Pathological Gambling Addiction Comorbid with Illicit Drug Use Within
People Subject to Probation Order Due to Illicit Drug Use”. She has a
certificate in Family Counseling. She has attended trainings like Anger
Management, Drug Addiction Training for Adults.
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