Abstract
Background:Parental substance abuse confronts children with a variety of psychological, social, and behavioral problems. Children of substance abusing parents show higher levels of psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression and exert lower levels of communication skills. Weak social skills in this group of adolescents put them at a higher risk for substance abuse. Many studies showed school based interventions such as life skill training can effective on future substance abusing in these high risk adolescences.Materials and Methods:The participants consisted of 57 middles schools girls, all living in rural areas and having both parents with substance dependency. The participants were randomly assigned to intervention (n=28) and control (n=29) groups. The data were collected before and six weeks after training in both group. The intervention group received eight sessions of group assertiveness training. Participants were compared in terms of changes in scores on the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and the Gambrills-Richey Assertion Inventory.Results:The total score for happiness change from 43.68 ±17.62 to 51.57 ±16.35 and assertiveness score changed from 110.33±16.05 to 90.40±12.84. There was a significant difference in pretest-posttest change in scores for intervention (7.89±4.13) and control (-2.51±2.64) groups; t (55) =2.15, p = 0.049. These results suggest that intervention really does have an effect on happiness and assertiveness.Conclusion:Determining the effectiveness of these school based interventions on other life aspects such as substance abuse calls for further study on these rural adolescent girls.
Highlights
It has been found that about 10% of adolescent live with parents who actively abuses alcohol or illicit drug (Donohue, Romero, & Hill, 2006)
There was a significant difference in pretest-posttest change in scores for intervention (7.89±4.13) and control (-2.51±2.64) groups; t (55) =2.15, p = 0.049. These results suggest that intervention really does have an effect on happiness and assertiveness
Determining the effectiveness of these school based interventions on other life aspects such as substance abuse calls for further study on these rural adolescent girls
Summary
It has been found that about 10% of adolescent live with parents who actively abuses alcohol or illicit drug (Donohue, Romero, & Hill, 2006). Negative effects of parental substance abuse documented by many studies include physical, psychological and cognitive consequence for children development (Donohue et al, 2006; Kilpatrick et al, 2000; Reinherz, Giaconia, Hauf, Wasserman, & Paradis, 2000). The adolescents with drug user parents than other peers have been showed to have higher risk of negative self-image and feeling of lonely and less communication skills such as planning, stress management and impulse control (McGrath, Watson, & Chassin, 1999; Perez-Bouchard, Johnson, & Ahrens, 1993). Parental substance abuse confronts children with a variety of psychological, social, and behavioral problems. Children of substance abusing parents show higher levels of psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression and exert lower levels of communication skills. Many studies showed school based interventions such as life skill training can effective on future substance abusing in these high risk adolescences
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