Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
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Background: The tendency to use drugs in adolescents has become an important issue at the individual-social level, and a person with addiction has enormous costs for the family, education system, and health. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the structural relationships between the tendency to use drugs based on childhood maltreatment and parenting styles with the mediating role of impulsivity in adolescents.
Methods: The method of this study was correlational structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study was students studying in junior and senior high schools in the academic year 1401-1402; from which 210 students were selected by cluster sampling method. Data were collected using Fidel's Childhood Maltreatment Questionnaire (1989), Baumrind's Parenting Styles Questionnaire (1973), Barrett's Impulsivity Questionnaire (1995), and Farjad's Substance Use Propensity Questionnaire (1385). The data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test and structural equation modeling in SPSS-25 and Lisrel8.8 software.
Result: The results showed that the direct effect of childhood maltreatment variables (B=0.36; P<0.01), permissive parenting style (B=0.17; P<0.01), and authoritarian parenting style (B=0.14; P<0.01) on the tendency to use drugs and impulsivity is positive and significant, and the direct effect of authoritative parenting style (B=-0.13; P<0.01) on the tendency to use drugs and impulsivity is negative and significant. Also, the impulsivity variable (B=0.26; P<0.01) also had a positive and significant effect on the tendency to use drugs. The goodness of fit index (GFI) was 0.87 and the root mean square error index (RMSEA) was 0.045.
Conclusion: Abuse and permissive and authoritarian parenting styles along with impulsivity can create a tendency to use drugs in an individual. Parents' attention to using an appropriate parenting style and identifying impulsive traits in adolescents can prevent a tendency to use drugs in adolescents.
Methods: The method of this study was correlational structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study was students studying in junior and senior high schools in the academic year 1401-1402; from which 210 students were selected by cluster sampling method. Data were collected using Fidel's Childhood Maltreatment Questionnaire (1989), Baumrind's Parenting Styles Questionnaire (1973), Barrett's Impulsivity Questionnaire (1995), and Farjad's Substance Use Propensity Questionnaire (1385). The data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test and structural equation modeling in SPSS-25 and Lisrel8.8 software.
Result: The results showed that the direct effect of childhood maltreatment variables (B=0.36; P<0.01), permissive parenting style (B=0.17; P<0.01), and authoritarian parenting style (B=0.14; P<0.01) on the tendency to use drugs and impulsivity is positive and significant, and the direct effect of authoritative parenting style (B=-0.13; P<0.01) on the tendency to use drugs and impulsivity is negative and significant. Also, the impulsivity variable (B=0.26; P<0.01) also had a positive and significant effect on the tendency to use drugs. The goodness of fit index (GFI) was 0.87 and the root mean square error index (RMSEA) was 0.045.
Conclusion: Abuse and permissive and authoritarian parenting styles along with impulsivity can create a tendency to use drugs in an individual. Parents' attention to using an appropriate parenting style and identifying impulsive traits in adolescents can prevent a tendency to use drugs in adolescents.
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