Family Communication Pattern and Mother's Behavioral Intention regarding Preventing Early - Onset Substance Use in Children: My Family - Study

Aim: Considering the fundamental role of parent's function and family dynamics including the importance role of family communication pattern on preventing early - onset substance use in children, the present study aimed to determine the correlation between family communication pattern and mother's preventive behavioral intentionregardingpreventing early - onset substance use in children.
This cross - sectional study was carried out among 234 Iranian mothers in Tehran who were randoml y selected to participate voluntarily in the study. The participants filled out a self - administered questionnaire including I - demographic information; II - family - based behavioral intention regarding preventing early - onset substance use in children; and I II - family communication pattern. Data were analyzed by the SPSS software (ver. 21.0) using Pearson's correlations, independent t - test, and ANOVA at 95% significant level.
Findings: The results reported a correlation between conversation (r=0.509**& P≥0.00 1), conformity orientation (r= - 0.150*& P=0.022) and behavioral intention; as well as between conversation conformity orientation (r= - 0.382*& P≥0.001), and conversation (r=0.218**& P=0.001), conformity orientation (r= - 0.105& P=0.108) and age.
The findings suggest that to develop a preventive program, it will be useful to increase family communication pattern, specially conversation orientation to prevent the onset of substance use in children.