Investigation of the relationship between substance addiction and perceived parental attitudes of young adults aged 18-25

One or more factors can be mentioned bin the formation of substance addiction, which is a type of addiction. These elements are; can be personal, enviromental or familial. The most important factor affecting the competence of the chil in her future social life is the attitude of her parents, whom the child takes as a role model, and the way she communicates with them. In this study, the role of parental attitudes in the formation of substance addiction is discussed. The aim of this study is to determine the substance addiction of young adults between the ages of 18-25 and to examine its relationship with parental attitudes. The aim of this study is to identify substance addiction in young adults between the ages of 18-25 and to examine its relationship with parental attitudes. A total of 400 people, 283 men and 117 women, living in Istanbul, participated in the research. Addiction Profil Index (API), Child Rearing Attitudes Scale (CRAS) and Personal Information Form were used to collect data in the study. IBM SPSS 26.0 package program was used in the statistical analysis of the data. According to the findings obtained from the research, the gender distribution of substance users, 70.3% are male, 29.7% are female. When the relationship between substance abuse and parental attitudes was examined, no relationship was found between strict/supervised parents, while a statistically significant and negative ralationship was found in acceptance/caring parental attitudes.