INFLUENCE OF FAMILY ON SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER

Abstract

Family as the basic social unit determines the development of individual’s personality, coping strategies and communication patterns. The influence of family system theory is well documented in literature. A step ahead will take us to ecological theory which extends this influence to school, peers and community, when individual embraces all these stages of socialization, he obviously faces hurdles and frustrations as the path is not always smooth for all. For few it is very tough either due to some obstruction in the environment in the form of parenting, poor social circles or weak personality which gives rise to poor problem solving. Resorting to substance is one such example. In order to examine the effect of family on substance use, quantitative research design was followed with a sample of 514 individuals, 257 substance users and 257 non -substance users were drawn randomly. The Perceived Mother Acceptance- Rejection Questionnaire, (Rohner, 1980) Urdu Version by Malik (2012) was used. In order to conduct the comparative analysis between the two groups t’ test for independent sample was administered, further the predictive relationship was assessed through the linear regression, furthermore, the effect size was also calculated. Results supports the theoretical basis of the problem of substance use disorder.