child-parent relationships and parents’ preventive behaviors affecting the onset of substance use in children: my family study

conclusions the findings suggest that the development of preventive programs will contribute to increases in the child-mother closeness relationship and will help to prevent the onset of substance use in children. background considering the fundamental role that parents play in a family dynamic, it is important to explore the parent-child relationship and examine what protective behaviors or risk factors may contribute to the onset of substance use in children. objectives the present study aims to investigate the correlation between child-parent relationships and parents’ preventive behaviors and their effect on the onset of substance use in children. materials and methods this cross-sectional study was carried out in 2014 among 234 randomly selected volunteer participants. these participants, who were all tehran-based iranian mothers, filled out a self-administered questionnaire in which they recorded: i-demographic information, ii of family-based behaviors aimed at preventing the onset of substance use in children, and iii of the child-parent relationship. data were analyzed via spss software (ver. 21.0) using pearson correlations, independent t-tests, and anova at a 95% significant level. results results reported a negative significant correlation between conflict and closeness (r = -0.465, p ≥ 0.001), a positive significant correlation between closeness and preventive behaviors (r = 0.852, p ≥ 0.001), and a negative significant correlation between conflict and preventive behaviors (r = -0.605, p ≥ 0.001).