Abstract

CERUTTI, Fernanda; RAMOS, Sérgio de Paula  and  ARGIMON, Irani Iracema de Lima. INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL ATTITUDES ON SUBSTANCE CONSUMPTION IN ADOLESCENCE. Act.Colom.Psicol. [online]. 2015, vol.18, n.2, pp.173-181. ISSN 0123-9155.  https://doi.org/10.14718/ACP.2015.18.2.15.

The aim of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to analyze the relationship between the perception of adolescents about their tendency to use psychoactive substances and their parents' attitudes. 487 Brazilian adolescents participated. For statistical analysis the Multinomial Logit Model was used, where the Stepwise method for selecting variables was applied. Tobacco, alcohol and marijuana were related to the variables of greatest influence on the use, abuse and dependence of these substances. Findings showed that an unloving father increases the possibility that the child becomes tobacco dependent (p = 0.001). An unloving mother is most likely to have a tobacco dependent child (p = 0.001). Father's control is a protective factor for experimenting with tobacco smoking (p = 0.023) and for marijuana dependence (p = 0.042). The relationship between substance consumption in adolescence and the perception young people have about their parents' attitudes was emphasized.

Keywords : parental attitudes; adolescence; drug abuse.

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