Comparison of coping between persons who abuse substance and persons who do not abuse any substance in Kashmir

Mohammad Sameer Khan; Dr. Tariq Ahmed Bhat; Dr Altaf Ahmad Malla

Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2019

Comparison of coping between persons who abuse substance and persons who do not abuse any substance in Kashmir

Mohammad Sameer Khan, Dr. Tariq Ahmed Bhat, Dr Altaf Ahmad Malla

Abstract :

The purpose of the study is to compare the coping between persons who abuse substance and persons who do not abuse any substance in Kashmir. A total of 60 samples were taken and these 60 were further divided into two groups, persons who abuse substance and persons who do not abuse any substance, each group consisted of 30 samples. Purposive sampling was used. Tools that were used are socio demographic data and Ways of coping by Lazarus and folk man. For statistical analysis SPSS 16.0 version was used t test was used to get the results. Results showed that persons who do not abuse substance were having good coping as compared to individuals who were abusing substance.