Attachment style and addictions (alcohol, cigarette, waterpipe and internet) among Lebanese adolescents: a national study

• DOI: 10.1186/s40359-020-00404-6
• Publication Date: 2020-04-16T16:04:36Z
• Authors: Laurette Nakhoul; Sahar Obeid; Hala Sacre; Chadia Haddad; Michel Soufia; Rabih Hallit; Marwan Akel; Pascale Salameh; Souheil Hallit
• Keywords: Male; Adolescent; Alcohol Drinking; Substance-Related Disorders; Addiction; Water Pipe Smoking; Adolescents; 03 medical and health sciences; Waterpipe; 0302 clinical medicine; Surveys and Questionnaires; Prevalence; Psychology; Humans; Lebanon; Cigarette; Internet; Schools; 4. Education; Attachment styles; Tobacco Products; Object Attachment; BF1-990; 3. Good health; Behavior, Addictive; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Research Article

The prevalence in the Lebanese general population of cigarette and waterpipe smoking, alcohol drinking internet use seems to be increasing lately. So far, no study was done relating above attachment styles adolescents. Consequently, objective our assess relationship between (secure, preoccupied, fearful, dismissing) addictions (cigarettes, water pipes, alcohol, internet) among this population.It is a cross-sectional that took place January May 2019. Two thousand questionnaires were distributed out which 1810 (90.5%) completed collected back. A proportionate random sample schools from all Mohafazat used as recruitment method.A secure style significantly associated with lower addiction cigarette, waterpipe, whereas insecure (preoccupied, dismissing fearful) higher internet.Lebanese adolescents had rates internet. They should closely monitored order reduce risk future substance disorder and/or behavioral development.