The Codification of structural model for tendency to substance abuse with parent-child relation by mediation of communication skills

Abstract

Aim: The current research was to develop a structural model of the relationship between the tendency to abuse drugs and the patterns of parent-child interaction with the mediation of students' communication skills. Method: The research method was structural equations. The statistical population included all students of Tehran universities. Among them, 600 people were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. The measuring tools of the research included Bagheri and Ghafari's Parent-Child Relationship Model Questionnaire (2012), Zargar Addiction Readiness Scale (2004) and Queendom's Communication Skills (2004). In addition to statistical description, statistical data were analyzed with the help of correlation matrix and PLS structural modeling. Result: The results showed that the endogenous variables of addiction readiness and communication skills have a strong predictive ability of the model and the model has a good fit. The control-orientation of the father has an effect on the communication skills of the studied students. But its effect on substance abuse tendency is rejected. Mother's emotional security is effective on students' addiction readiness (β=0.89, P<0.001) and communication skill is negatively and inversely effective on students' addiction readiness (β=-0.32, P<0.001). Conclusion: t Therefore, it can be concluded that the structural model of the relationship between abuse tendency and parent-child relationship patterns with the mediation of communication skills has a favorable fit.