Comparative Study of System of Values in the Families with Addicted Members and the Families without Addicted Members in Bandar Abbas City

This research aimed at conducting a comparative study of system of values in the families with addicted members and the families without addicted members in Bandar Abbas city. It is a descriptive research of causal - comparative type. The population under study includes the families with addicted members and the ones without addicted members in Bandar Abbas city. Of the statistical population, hundred fifty families (75 families with addicted members and 75 families without addicted members) were selected randomly as the statistical sample, using Cochranʹs formula. Here, Schwartz Values Inventory (SVI) was used as a tool. The results were analyzed using the statistical method of T test. The results showed significant difference between families with addicted members and normal families in benevolence, excitement, traditionalism, conformity, security, power, hedonism, success, self-reliance and universalism components. In all components, the difference in favor of normal families.