Abstract
This study investigated how the parents' personality disorders may be related to substance use disorder in children and adolescents. The study was a cross-sectional study in which 28,540 children and adolescents (aged 6 to 18 years) and their parents participated between 2015 and 2016. The diagnosis of substance use was made using the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia--Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) interview and the personality disorders were assessed using Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory - Third Edition (MCMI-III). The parents were also surveyed for their personality assessed with MCMI. The results showed that the paranoid personality disorder in father (odds ratio [OR] = 8.34, 95% CI, P = 0.042) and borderline personality disorder in mother (OR = 4.6, 95% CI, P = 0.049) increase the chance of substance use in children. The findings suggest that in designing preventive programs for substance use, the personality characteristics of the parents need to be taken into account.
Highlights
Using substance in adolescents is a biosocial and cultural phenomenon and a crisis for the modern societies.[1]
Based on the results of K-SADSPL, 277 children and adolescents were identified as substance users
It was revealed that histrionic personality disorder in parents and obsessive compulsive disorder in mother can lower the chance of substance use by children and adolescents
Summary
Using substance in adolescents is a biosocial and cultural phenomenon and a crisis for the modern societies.[1]. Studies show that factors such as family, society, personality, interpersonal interactions, environmental and situational factors can predict the risky behaviors and substance use in children and adolescents.[13,14]. This study investigated how the parents’ personality disorders may be related to substance use disorder in children and adolescents. Arch Iran Med. 2021;24(6):478–486. doi: 10.34172/ aim.2021.69
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