Author/Authors :
Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center - Roozbeh Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Hojjat, Kaveh Division of Sleep Medicine - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran , Mostafavi, Ali Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center - Roozbeh Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Khaleghi, Ali Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center - Roozbeh Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Hooshyari, Zahra Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center - Roozbeh Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Ahmadi, Nastaran Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran , Kaviyani, Faezeh Addiction and Behavioral Sciences Research Center - North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran , Norozi Khalili, Mina Addiction and Behavioral Sciences Research Center - North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
Abstract :
This study investigated how the parents’ personality disorders may be related to substance use disorder in children and adolescents.
Methods: The study was a cross-sectional study in which 28,540 children and adolescents (aged 6 to 18 years) and their parents participated between 2015 and 2016. The diagnosis of substance use was made using the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia--Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) interview and the personality disorders were assessed using Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory - Third Edition (MCMI-III). The parents were also surveyed for their personality assessed with MCMI.
Results: The results showed that the paranoid personality disorder in father (odds ratio [OR] = 8.34, 95% CI, P = 0.042) and borderline personality disorder in mother (OR = 4.6, 95% CI, P = 0.049) increase the chance of substance use in children.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that in designing preventive programs for substance use, the personality characteristics of the parents need to be taken into account.
Keywords :
Adolescent , Substance Use Disorder , Personality Disorders , Child
