Author(s): Borislav Đukanović,Jasmina Knežević-Tasić,Ana Maksimović / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian,Montenegrine
Issue: 6/2021
This study investigated the association of family risk factors with the occurrence and development of addiction to psychoactive substances and behavioral addictions on representative samples of 3003 respondents from Serbia and 1489 respondents from Montenegro. In addition to general questions about socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics, the research used an inventory of 11 questionnaires for 11 behavioral dependencies with a total of 282 questions. The study included the following risk factors: nicotinism and alcoholism of one or both parents, separation and divorce of parents, mental illness, prostitution, suicide, murder and crime among family members, excessive strictness, indulgence, overprotection and rejection by the father, excessive strictness, indulgence, overprotection and rejection by the mother, serious conflicts with one or both parents due to misunderstanding, neglect or abuse of the respondent by one or both parents. From psychoactive substances in the research we included: tobacco addiction, alcohol addiction, marijuana addiction, opiate addiction and psychostimulant addiction, and from behavioral addictions :video game addiction, television addiction, Facebook addiction, love addiction partners, work addiction, food addiction, Internet addiction, sex addiction, mobile phone addiction, gambling addiction and Internet sex addiction. The t test and binary logistic regression were applied in the research. A high or very high correlation was found between the largest number of family risk factors and addiction to psychoactive substances, ie behavioral addictions.
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