Abstract
Objective:
Substance abuse is one of the important social problems of our world. The family risk factors are thought to be more important than others. Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to review studies related to family risk factors. As family risk factors, percieved parental acceptance-rejection and parenting styles are mostly discussed in this study.
Method:
Various databases were searched by key words such as “substance use, abuse” , “parental acceptance-rejection” and “parenting styles” and the published papers were reviewed.
Results:
The results of the reviewed studies showed that substance abusers’ family atmosphere is unfavorable and they have more rejective parents than nonabusers.The paternal rejection was found more predictive than maternal rejection for becoming a drug addict.
Discussion:
The reviewed studies also showed that there is no exact consensus on the relationship between parenting styles and substance use. Therefore, more studies should be done on clinical samples.
Keywords: Substance abuse, parental acceptance-rejection, parenting styles
