Attempt Towards Conducting an Addiction Seminar Targeting University Students Who are Members of Society

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  • Matsushita Toshiko
    Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Nursing Course, School of Medicine

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  • 社会人大学生を対象としたアディクションゼミの試み
  • シャカイジン ダイガクセイ オ タイショウ ト シタ アディクションゼミ ノ ココロミ

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<p>We have continued to hold addiction seminars at the university in the Kanto area targeting university students who are members of society. In order to examine the significance and usefulness of the addiction seminar, we conducted a focus group interview with students who continued to participate in these seminars. The interview guide included the question : “What did you learn and experience through the addiction seminars?” We analyzed the contents of interview qualitatively and inductively. As a result, we found six core categories : “the addiction as a problem familiar to everyone,” “know the essence of addiction” “being able to see what was not seen,” “feeling the threat of addiction again,” “knowing the possibility of recovery,” “the advantage and problems in the future of the addiction seminar,” in addition to the sixteen categories attached to them. The students participated in the seminar out of concern regarding the addiction problem and for people who had it. While learning about addiction and its case studies, they realized that addiction is neither others’ problem, nor that of the addicted person himself. Additionally, they learnt about addiction’s triggers, patterns, and that it is an illness. Furthermore, they realized the threat of addiction after the experience of being able to know what was previously unknown to them, including awareness of their own problems and the change of viewpoints regarding the phenomenon. Moreover, they realized that one can recover from addiction because it is an illness. They were explained the process of recovery, the meaning of contents covered in the addiction seminar, and the expectations regarding the seminar. As they were linking their learning from the addiction seminar to social issues such as enlightenment, the usefulness of the addiction seminar for university students who are members of society is suggested.</p>

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