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Parental rearing patterns and drug abuse: Preliminary report
Author(s) -
Kokkevi Anna,
Stefanis Costas
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb09015.x
Subject(s) - substance abuse , psychiatry , psychology , drug , medicine , drug abuser , clinical psychology
SUMMARY Results from a controlled study on a sample of 91 imprisoned drug dependents on perceived parental rearing practices using the EMBU and on parental family characteristics are presented. While few differences were observed between drug dependents and imprisoned controls‐father less warm and mother more permissive in drug dependent group‐comparisons of drug dependents with a general population sample revealed more differences be‐tween the two populations: drug dependents perceive both parents compared to the general population group as less rejective, very permissive, their mother as warmer and more overprotective and their father more inconsistent and less favouring them than siblings. supportive evidence on the dependents’ family psychopathology is provided by studying family characteristics. While our findings seem to support the prevailing view in the literature on the role of the mother of the drug dependent characterised by strong emotional bonds and overprotection as well as of the rather emotionally distant father, the question is raised on the contribution of other factors, such as psychopathic personality on the above findings.