Self-concept and Decision-making for Ex Drug Addict

Abstract

Ex drug addict face many challenges in making decisions, ranging from the impact of drug use on brain function to expectations and negative treatment from their communities. The ability of ex-drug addicts to make decisions is thought to be influenced by their self-concept. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between self-concept and decision-making for an ex-drug addict. The design of this research is non-experimental quantitative research with non-probability sampling using the snowball technique. A number of samples are 34 ex-drug addicts. Measuring of self-concept was based on the theory by Berzonsky, with 55 valid items and 0.970 reliability value. Measuring of decision-making was based on the theory by Janis and Mann, with 28 valid items and 0.968 reliability value. The results showed that there was a significant, positive and strong correlation between self-concept and decision making (sig. 0.000 and r = 0.622). Self-concept has an influence on decision-making as much as 38.7%, with 61.3% being influenced by other factors. The majority of the subjects had a negative self-concept (55.9%) and poor decision-making (52.9%). Ex drug addict who had negative self-concept were more unable to make decisions.