Substance Abusers' Adolescent Perception of their Parental Rearing Styles

Abstract

Adolescence is a stage characterized with psychological revolution, rapid changes and mood swings causing parents kind of turmoil in dealing with their sons and daughters in this stage which is vital and important to teenager because the complete features of his personality and failure may devastate him (Chung, 2013). People are most likely to begin abusing drugs including tobacco, alcohol, and illegal and prescription drugs during adolescence and young adulthood. By the time they are seniors, almost 70 percent of high school students will have tried alcohol, half will have taken an illegal drug, nearly 40 percent will have smoked a cigarette, and more than 20 percent will have used a prescription drug for a nonmedical purpose.1 There are many reasons use these substances, including the desire for new experiences, an attempt to deal with problems or perform better in school, and simple peer pressure (Dennis