Investigating the relationship between family-related protective and risky factors and drug use will in middle school students: the intermediate role of personality
Subject Areas : social psychology
1 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Lorestan University, Khorramabad. Iran
Keywords: : protective and risk factors, family, attitude towards addiction, personality,
Abstract :
Research objective: The present study was conducted, aiming to investigate the relationship of family-related factors (religious beliefs, socio-economic status, local beliefs, and parenting style) by considering the drug use in middle school students of Khorramabad along with the intermediate role of personality traits. Method: The research method was correlation from the structural equations type. The research population consists of all the middle school students of Khorramabad in the academic year 2021-2022. The sample size included 380 students, selected by the relative stratified sampling method. The standard questionnaires of religious beliefs (2010), the Socio-Economic status by Ghodratnama (1993), the parenting styles by Baumrind (2004), the personality by Costa and McCrae (1992), attitude towards addiction by Nazari (2009) and the researcher-made questionnaire of cultural beliefs were the measuring tools. Findings: By the end of the research, it was found out that there is a significant direct and indirect relationship between the four family-related factors and students' attitudes toward drug use. Conclusion: Identifying the risky factors and strengthening family-related protective factors can prevent addiction in middle school students. Research objective: The present study was conducted, aiming to investigate the relationship of family-related factors (religious beliefs, socio-economic status, local beliefs, and parenting style) by considering the drug use in middle school students of Khorramabad along with the intermediate role of personality traits. Method: The research method was correlation from the structural equations type. The research population consists of all the middle school students of Khorramabad in the academic year 2021-2022. The sample size included 380 students, selected by the relative stratified sampling method. The standard questionnaires of religious beliefs (2010), the Socio-Economic status by Ghodratnama (1993), the parenting styles by Baumrind (2004), the personality by Costa and McCrae (1992), attitude towards addiction by Nazari (2009) and the researcher-made questionnaire of cultural beliefs were the measuring tools. Findings: By the end of the research, it was found out that there is a significant direct and indirect relationship between the four family-related factors and students' attitudes toward drug use. Conclusion: Identifying the risky factors and strengthening family-related protective factors can prevent addiction in middle school students.
