The Causal Relationship between Parent-Child Conflict, Anxiety, Loneliness and Personal Control as Predictors of Tendency to Drug Use in Adolescents

Aims: To examine parents’ experiences of abuse directed at them by their adult children with drug problems. Material and Method: The material consists of 32 qualitative interviews on child-to-parent abuse with 24 mothers and eight fathers. The interviewees had experienced verbal abuse (insults), emotional abuse (threats), financial abuse (damage to property and possessions) and physical abuse (physical violence). Findings: In the parents’ narratives, the parent-child interaction is dominated by the child’s destructive drug use, which the parents are trying to stop. This gives rise to conflicts and ambivalence. The parents’ accounts seem to function as explaining and justifying their children’s disruptive behavior in view of the drug use. The fact that an external factor - drugs - is blamed seems to make it easier to repair the parent-child bonds. The parents differentiate between the child who is sober and the child who is under the influence of drugs, that is, between the genuine child and the fake, unreal child. The sober child is a person that the parent likes and makes an effort for. The child who is on drugs is erratic, at times aggressive and self-destructive. Conclusions: The interviewed parents’ well-being is perceived as directly related to how their children’s lives turn out. The single most important factor in improving the parents’ situation is to find a way for their adult child to live their lives without drug problems.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Emphasizes Importance Of Parent-Child Communication to Prevent Drug Use: White House Drug Czar Recognizes National Health Insurer For Pitching In on Drug Prevention

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e508332006-001 ◽

2002 ◽

Keyword(s):

Drug Use ◽

National Health ◽

Drug Prevention ◽

Health Insurer ◽

White House ◽

Parent Child Communication ◽

Blue Cross Blue Shield ◽

Blue Shield ◽

Parent Child

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Enhancing Outcomes in an Indicated Drug Prevention Program for High-Risk Youth

Journal of Drug Education ◽

10.2190/g6xy-u2cq-gfqf-pnev ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 19-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Elaine A. Thompson ◽

Michael Horn ◽

Jerald R. Herting ◽

Leona L. Eggert

Keyword(s):

High Risk ◽

Drug Use ◽

School Performance ◽

Prevention Program ◽

Personal Control ◽

Skills Training ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Drug Prevention ◽

High Risk Youth

This study examined the net effects of refining a high school-based indicated drug prevention program. The Personal Growth Class ( PGC), tailored to meet the needs of high-risk youth, was designed to increase control of drug use, school performance, and emotional well-being. The program integrates social support and life-skills training. Process evaluation revealed the need for program enhancements to address underestimated levels of depression, anger, and suicidal behaviors prevalent among high-risk youth and to ensure that core content was being emphasized consistently. Youth participating in Late cohorts received the refined PGC with enhanced skills training. Study participants ( N = 280) were youth, primarily ages fifteen to seventeen, at high-risk for school failure or dropout. Indicators of emotional well-being (e.g., depression, stress, anger, self-esteem, personal control), drug involvement, and school performance were compared for Late versus Early cohorts. Regression analyses revealed the Late versus Early cohorts showed significantly greater decreases in hard drug use, depression, perceived stress, and anger; and greater increases in self-esteem. The results support arguments that effective indicated prevention programs should target specific high-risk youth employing strategies to counteract the multifaceted risk factors they experience and enhance needed protective factors.

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Parent–child conflict and drug use in college women: A moderated mediation model of self-control and mindfulness.

Journal of Counseling Psychology ◽

10.1037/cou0000013 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 62 (2) ◽

pp. 303-313 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Nicholas Tarantino ◽

Dorian A. Lamis ◽

Elizabeth D. Ballard ◽

Akihiko Masuda ◽

Robert D. Dvorak

Keyword(s):

Drug Use ◽

College Women ◽

Moderated Mediation ◽

Self Control ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Moderated Mediation Model ◽

Parent Child

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ROLE OF PARENT’S ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE AND PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP IN INCREASING SELF-ESTEEM OF CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA

International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling ◽

10.35631/ijepc.4320028 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (32) ◽

pp. 328-337

Author(s):

Hilwa Abdullah @ Mohd. Nor ◽

Diana Johan

Keyword(s):

Attributional Style ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Personal Control ◽

Self Esteem ◽

External Control ◽

Parent Child Relationship ◽

Child Relationship ◽

Role Of Parents ◽

Parent Child

Dyslexia is a specific learning disorder due to difficulties in phonological processing that impacts on the fluency and reading comprehension ability. The aim of this research is to identify the role of parents’ attributional style and parent-child relationship in determining the level of self-esteem in children with dyslexia. There are 24 respondents who consist of the parent or the caregiver of children with dyslexia along with the child were invited to participate in this research. The method used in this research is a cross-sectional study design using a quantitative approach. The researcher used three different tests to measure the variables involved. Tests used in this research consist of Causal Dimensional Scale II, Parent-Child Relationship Inventory and Rosenberg’s Self Esteem Scale. Results showed there is a significant relationship between parents’ attributional style and level of self-esteem in children with dyslexia. Attributional style measured in this research consists of four dimensions namely, locus of causality, external control, stability, and personal control. However, only two of the dimensions mentioned above are significantly related to the level of self-esteem in children with dyslexia. The two dimensions are external control (r = 0.408, p > 0.05) and personal control (r = 0.557, p > 0.05). Whereas, results showed there is no significant relationship between the parent-child relationship and the level of self-esteem of children with dyslexia. In a nutshell, the role of parents’ attributional style in determining the level of self-esteem in children with dyslexia is notably significant while the relationship of parent-child does not influence the level of self-esteem in children with dyslexia.

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Parent/child relationship found in teenage drug use study

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e388492004-012 ◽

1972 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Drug Use ◽

Parent Child Relationship ◽

Child Relationship ◽

Drug Use Study ◽

Parent Child

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An Approach to Primary Prevention of Drug Abuse among Children and Youth—Parental Influence

Journal of Drug Education ◽

10.2190/re6r-lfqj-dx6x-6b4h ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 27-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Seymour Eiseman

Keyword(s):

Drug Abuse ◽

Primary Prevention ◽

Drug Use ◽

Daily Living ◽

Parental Influence ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Children And Youth ◽

Parent Child Relationships ◽

Country Today ◽

Parent Child

Parental influence is the source of primary prevention of drug use by children and youth in this country today. Parents may feel helpless to combat the use of drugs by their children as a way of coping with the responsibilities of daily living. Guidelines for effective parent-child relationships are offered as one approach to insure a positive future for our nation's children and youth, and revive the potency of parents as sources of positive influence.

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