The Mediating Effect of Adult Attachment in the Relationship between Drug Addicts' Immoral Sexual Attitude and Drug Severity

The purpose of this study was to verify whether adult attachment variables could serve as a significant protective factor in the impact of drug addicts' perceived immoral sexual attitudes on drug severity. This study conducted a survey on 169 people recovering from drug addiction using a purposeful non-probability sampling method, and analyzed 164 questionnaires, excluding 5 questionnaires that were answered insincerely. The main results of the study are as follows: First, the influence of immoral sexual ideas on adult attachment, which is a mediating variable, was statistically significant. Second, the influence of immoral sexual notions on the dependent variable, drug severity, was also statistically significant. Third, adult attachment was found to have a partial mediating effect on immoral sexual attitudes and drug severity. This shows that immoral sexual attitudes have a direct effect on drug severity, and at the same time, they affect drug severity through adult attachment. It can be seen that drug addicts' immoral sexual attitudes increase attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety in adults, which in turn affects drug severity. Based on the results of this study, in order to reduce the drug severity of drug addicts, factors such as adult attachment were considered and social welfare intervention efforts were suggested to reduce immoral sexual attitudes.