Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 3

The Impact of Life Enrichment and Promotion Program Training on the Prisoners'Aggression Who Suffer from Drug Abuse

  • Author:
  • Javad Asadolahi1, Shamim Razaghi Kashani2, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Moshirian Farahi3,, Fatemeh Fahimi Rad4
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 206 to 210

1M.A of Family Counseling, Department of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

2MA Student in Educational Psychology, Department of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

3M.A Student in, General Psychology, Department of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

4M.A student in, Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Birjand

*Corresponding author: Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Moshirian Farahi M.A Student in Psychology, Department of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, E-mail: moshirianfarahi@stu.um.ac.ir

Online published on 18 July, 2017.

Abstract

The research has been carried out to investigate the impact of life enrichment and promotion program training on the prisoners’ aggression who suffer from drug abuse. Methodology: the research plan was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of the research includes all the prisoners of Chenaran prison, who were 3000 people. Among these 3000 people, based on their aggression score in pre-test, 30 persons who has both input and output criteria were formed our statistical sample. These 30 people were categorized to two groups A and B randomly; group A will get Life Enrichment Adult Program (LEAP), and the other group B will act as a control group and will go in the waiting list. Before and after performing the program, the questionnaire were filled by the sample group. Results: covariance analysis showed that in post-test, the aggression of experiment group has been decreased significantly in comparison with the aggression of control group. Conclusion: the results of the study approved this fact that life enrichment and promotion program training leads to a significant decrease in the aggression of prisoners who suffer from drug abuse.

Keywords

Life Enrichment and Promotion Training, Aggression, Drug Abuse