Drug Addiction Based on the Pattern of Communication Skills and Emotional Regulation Mediated by the Supportive Role of Family

Addiction to drugs can have irreversible effects. The support of families in regulating emotions and communication skills plays an important role in reducing the tendency of young people to drugs. Therefore, the purpose of the current research was to investigate the level of drug addiction based on the pattern of communication skills and emotional regulation with the mediation of the supporting role of families.

Methods and Materials:

 The present research was a descriptive-correlational type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research was made up of all the youths of Najafabad city of Isfahan, from which 200 people were selected by cluster sampling method. The data collection tool was Gros and John's (2004) Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Queendom's Communication Skills Questionnaire (2004), Wade and Butcher's Addiction Readiness Questionnaire (1992) and Procidano and Heller's Family Support Questionnaire (1983). Data analysis was done using structural equation method and SPSS and Amos software.

The results showed that the fit indices of the research model were in favorable conditions. Communication skills and emotion regulation had a direct relationship with family support, and family support and communication skills had an indirect relationship with addiction. Drug addiction was significant based on the model of communication skills and emotion regulation with the mediation of the supportive role of families. (P<0.05).

The findings of the research show that the supportive role of the family is effective in the way of communication patterns and emotion regulation and can provide a platform for drug addiction. Also, effective family support can help people with drug addiction feel supported, change their beliefs and self-confidence, and reduce their desire to relapse.