Naslov
How heroin addicts perceive their parents` rearing behaviour: The results of two studies.

Autori
Glavak, Renata

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstract book / - Istanbul, 2006

Skup
1st International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection &#8220 ; ; Acceptance: Essence of Peace&#8221 ; ;

Mjesto i datum
Istanbul, Turska, 22.06.2006. - 24.06.2006

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
addiction; parental rearing; acceptance; rejection; heroin

Sažetak
The results of two studies on the perceived parental rearing practices among heroin addicts will be presented. The first study was conducted in 1998 among fifty-two heroine addicts aged between 17 and 21, who were compared with a group of 52 non-addicts of the same age and sex using the 32-item version of Rohner’ s Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire. The addicts perceived their mothers as more rejecting, more aggressive, and showing more undifferentiated rejection than non-addicts. No statistically significant difference between addicts and non-addicts was found on any of the paternal acceptance-rejection subscales. The addicts perceived their fathers as more rejecting than their mothers, as less warm and accepting, and as more neglecting. The second study was carried out in 2004 among 126 heroine addicts and a control group of non-addicts (N=128), matched for age, sex, educational level, and employment status. Perceived parental rearing practices were obtained using the short form of the EMBU questionnaire. Heroine addicts recalled their fathers as more rejecting, their mothers as more emotionally warm, and both parents as more overprotective than non-addicts did. The addicts perceived their fathers as more rejecting than their mothers, and the mothers as more emotionally warm and more overprotective than their fathers. The results of these studies point to the importance of parental rearing practices in the earlier age, as one of the major risk factors for later development of drug addiction. This should be considered in the treatment of heroine addicts, as well as for the development of new preventive programs and improvement of the existing ones.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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