Percepcion of parental control and parental support and consumption of psychoactive substances in youth

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati povezanost između percepcije roditeljskog nadzora i roditeljske podrške i konzumacije psihoaktivnih supstanci kod adolescenata, odnosno konzumacije droga i alkohola. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 269 sudionika (117 mladića i 152 djevojke), u dobi od 16 do 20 godina. Primijenjeni instrumentarij sastojao se od Upitnika roditeljskog nadgledanja (Silverberg i Small, 1991.), Skale roditeljske podrške (Bowen i Richman, 1996), Upitnik konzumacije alkohola i droga (Pezerović i Vučković, 2016) te 9 pitanja o sociodemografskim obilježjima adolescenata. Dobiveni rezultati pokazali su da je viša razina roditeljske podrške i nadzora negativno povezana s konzumacijom psihoaktivnih supstanci, odnosno što je viši roditeljski nadzor i roditeljska podrška adolescent manje konzumiraju psihoaktivne supstance. Također, prema rezultatima je vidljivo da mladići češće konzumiraju psihoaktivne supstance nego djevojke, kao i da roditelji vise nadziru djevojke nego mladiće.The goal of this study was to examine the connection between perception of parental monitoring and parental support and adolescent consumption of psychoactive substances, that is, consumption of drugs and alcohol.The study included 269 participants (117 boys and 152 girls), aged from 16 to 20 years. The instrument consisted of Parental Monitoring Scale (Silverberg and Small, 1991.), Parenting Support (Bowen and Richman, 1996.), Questionnaire on alcohol and drugs (Pezerović and Vučković, 2016.), and 9 questions about sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents. Results showed that higher levels of parental support and monitoring were negatively correlated with consumption of psychoactive substances, i.e. the higher the parental support and monitoring, the less adolescents tend to consume psychoactive substances. Also, according to the results, it is clear that young men consume psychoactive substances more often than girls and that parents monitor girls more than boys