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Comparison of Personality Types and Alexithymia between Opiates Dependents, Concurrent Opiates and Methamphetamine Users and Control Group Referred to Drug Abuse Treatment Centers in Kerman City in 2020
F Heydari, A Shahesmaeili, M Eslami Shahrbabaki,
Volume 18, Issue 1 (Vol.18, No.1, Spring 2022 2022)
Abstract
Background and Objectives: This study was conducted to compare the personality type and alexithymia between opiates dependents, concurrent opiates and methamphetamine users and control groups presenting to drug abuse treatment centers in Kerman in 2020.
Methods: In this cross-sectional analytical study, three groups with a sample size of 130 participants were recruited through convenience sampling from six drug abuse treatment centers (two governmental and four private centers) in Kerman, 2020. The first group comprised opiates-only users. The second group included concurrent opiates and methamphetamine users. The third group included never-drug users. The data were collected using three questionnaires including a demographic questionnaire, the Friedman and Rosenman personality types questionnaire and Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Comparison of variables between the three groups was done using multivariable multinomial logistic regression.
Results: The research outcomes indicated a higher chance of type A personality in the opiates with methamphetamine dependents (adjusted odds ratio (AOR):1.97; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 3.64, 1.06) compared to the control group. The chance of severe alexithymia was higher among opiates dependents (AOR: 1.86; 95% CI: 3.27, 1.06) and concurrent opiates and methamphetamine users (AOR: 2.7; 95% CI: 4.83, 1.51) compared to the control group. The concurrent opiates and methamphetamine users were more likely to be male (AOR: 3.1; 95% CI: 6.25, 1.53), single (AOR: 2.6; 95% CI: 4.72, 1.43) and unemployed (AOR: 4.01; 95% CI: 9.09, 1.77) compared to the control group. Compared to the control group, the opiates dependents (AOR: 4.14; 95% CI: 7.71, 2.22) and the opiates with methamphetamine dependents (AOR: 1.95; 95% CI: 3.69, 1.03) were more likely to have education levels lower than secondary school diploma.
Conclusion: Considering the relationship between the personality type and alexithymia with opiates and methamphetamine use, early screening, continuous care, and necessary trainings are required to prevent drug dependency in high-risk people, especially at younger ages. 
 

Investigating the Desire for Childbearing and Its Related Factors in Jiroft in 2022
Haniyeh Salehi Sarbijan, Tanya Dehesh, Firuzeh Mirzaei, Armita Shahesmaeilinejad,
Volume 21, Issue 2 (Vol.21, No.2, Summer 2025)
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Declining fertility rates have become a significant demographic challenge in Iran. This study aimed to evaluate the extent of desire for childbearing and its associated factors among women in Jiroft, Iran, in 2022.
Methods: This cross-sectional study included 600 married women under 49 years of age who attended comprehensive health centers in Jiroft. Data were collected using a questionnaire that covered demographic information and questions related to the study objectives. Statistical analysis, such as frequency, percentage, and logistic regression, was performed using SPSS version 20 software.
Results: The current desire for childbearing was found to be 32.7%, while the future desire was 59.7%. The primary reasons cited for desiring children were the wish to be a mother (94.4%) and the love for children (93.9%). Conversely, the main reasons for not desiring children included concerns about securing the future of children (57.2%) and the increased economic burden of having another child (50%). Factors significantly associated with the desire for childbearing were the number of children (one child vs. no child: OR=5.23,95% CI: 2.03–13.49; two children vs. no child: OR=2.21,95% CI: 0.98–5.001), the subscale “Child as a Pillar of Life” (OR=1.02,95% CI: 1.008–1.04), the subscale “Postponing Childbearing to the Future” (OR=1.06,95% CI: 1.05–1.08), and the subscale “Childbearing Requires Prerequisites” (OR=1.01,95% CI: 1.002–1.03).
Conclusion: Overall, one-third of the women who participated in this study currently desired childbearing, and nearly two-thirds expressed a desire for it in the future. A positive attitude towards childbearing emerged as the most essential factor associated with this desire.

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