Abstract
Current study was planned to find out the difference between the perceived parenting styles of drug addict and non-addict medical students. Total sample of the study was two hundred (N=200) medical students that comprised of one hundred addict (n=100) and one hundred (n=100) non-addict medical students with age range of 18 to 29 years. Data was collected from different medical colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through convenient and snow ball techniques. Data was collected through adolescent’s alcohol and drug usage scale (Moberg, 1991)and parenting styles questionnaire (Buri, 1991) . The results of the study indicated that authoritative parenting style was significantly reported by non-addict medical students, whereas addict medical students reported higher scores on authoritarian parenting style. It can be therefore concluded from the findings of the study that parenting styles play a significant role in the mental wellbeing and promotion of healthy habits among youth. The study supports the idea that controlling parenting style may contribute to promote mental health problems among youth such as drug addiction.
Highlights
The present study was aimed to explore the effect of parenting styles of mother and father on addicted and non-addicted students of medical colleges of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
The finding of the current study are in line with the previous researches (Ahmadi et al, 2014) conducted in Medical Ilam University of Medical Sciences that drug addiction and authoritative parenting style were inversely related whereas a positive relationship was reported between drug addiction and Authoritarian and permissive parenting style
Further it was found in the present that authoritarian and permissive parenting style makes the individual vulnerable for drug addiction while children with authoritative parenting style less likely to prone toward drug addiction
Summary
1. To investigate the perceived parenting styles of addict and nonaddict medical students of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 1. Medical students addicted to drugs will score high on scale for authoritarian parenting style as compared to non-addict medical students. 2. Medical students addicted to drugs will score high on scale for permissive parenting style as compared to non-addict medical students. 3. Medical students addicted to drugs will score lower on scale for authoritative parenting style as compared to non-addict medical students
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