Perceived Parenting Styles as Predictors of Substance Use Among Substance Abusers

Abstract

The study investigated perceived parenting styles as predictors of substance use among substance abusers, thirty-two (32) substance abusers with a mean age of 31.7500 and S. D 7.79992 were drawn as participants from the asylum unit of Enugu State Correctional Centre with the aid of availability sampling techniques. Skinner (1982) Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10), Baumrid (1971) Parental care scale and Kiran-Esen (2002) Peer Pressure Scale (PPS) were used for data collection, a correlational design was adopted, multiple hierarchical linear regression using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 25 software was used for data analysis. Findings revealed that authoritarian Stβ= .444* and t= 2.417* at p< .05 dimension of perceived parenting style positively predict substance use among substance abusers, while permissiveness Stβ= .102 and t= .567, authoritative Stβ= -.161 and -.885 at p< .05 dimensions of parenting styles did not predict substance use among substance abusers. It is recommended that therapists assist individuals dealing with substance abuse in resisting negative peer pressure.