Original scientific paper
FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AND RELATIONSHIPS AS PREDICTORS OF HEROIN ADDICTION
Mitra Mirković-Hajdukov
; Psychiatric Clinic, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tamara Efendić Spahić
; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rusmir Softić
; Psychiatric Clinic, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Elvir Bećirović
; Psychiatric Clinic, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Josip Šimić
; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
Introduction: Studies show that dysfunctional family relationships are important predictors of addictions to all psychoactive
substances.
Objective: To establish if there is a connection between family relations and heroin addiction and if found to exist, what is the
quality of this connection.
Subjects and methods: This research was conducted on the sample comprised of 160 subjects divided into two groups. The first
group consisted of 61 heroin addicts treated at the Tuzla University Clinical Centre Psychiatric Hospital. The second group
consisted of 99 subjects who were students at the Tuzla University Faculties of Philosophy and Electrical Engineering and who were not using any psychoactive substances. The subjects were tested with the Quality of Family Interactions Scale (KOBI) which measures the interactions between children and parents in two dimensions, described in literature as 'acceptance' and 'rejection'.
Results: The research team established statistically significant differences between the heroin addicts and the students, the nonusers, in terms of their family relationships. The results show that the addicts families were characterized by lack of understanding, by conflicts, rejection, non-acceptance by parents, while the non-users families were characterized by understanding, acceptance by parents and good communication.
Conclusions: There is a connection between inter-family relationships and addiction. Namely, rejection and non-acceptance of
children/persons by their families and parents, bad communication and dysfunctional family relationships are significant predictors of heroin addiction.
Keywords
heroin addiction; family relationships; acceptance: rejection
Hrčak ID:
263484
URI
Publication date:
12.4.2017.
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