Social Support and Drug Abstention Motivation among Chinese Male Drug Addicts: A Moderated Mediation Model of Self-Control and Sensation-Seeking

Xizheng Xu, Yunpeng Wu and Senlin Zhou
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Xizheng Xu: Department of Management, Hunan Police Academy, Changsha 410138, China
Yunpeng Wu: School of Teacher Education, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China
Senlin Zhou: Department of Management, Hunan Police Academy, Changsha 410138, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 10, 1-11

Abstract: The goal of this study is to examine how social support affects Chinese male drug addicts’ abstention motivation. To elucidate the mechanism as well as the boundary condition of the aforesaid influence, self-control and sensation-seeking were induced. Using the questionnaire method, the cross-sectional data were collected from 498 male drug addicts from one hospital and four compulsory isolation drug abstention centers in Central China region. The results indicated that social support has a positive direct and indirect effect on abstention motivation. The indirect influence is that the impact of social support on abstention motivation is mediated by self-control. The direct effect was moderated by sensation-seeking. Specifically, for individuals with low sensation-seeking, social support can significantly increase drug abstinence motivation, but this effect was not significant for those with high sensation-seeking. Theoretical and practical implications of the results were discussed.

Keywords: social support; abstention motivation; self-control; sensation-seeking; moderated mediation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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