How parental drug use has affected parent-child relationships

Abstract

Background: A strong parent-child relationship creates a person with a positive personality. Various social as well as personal reasons are based on the loosening of relationships, and that looseness also affects the personality development of children. With that in mind, 10 family units with drug-using parents were investigated under the case study method, with the aim of studying how parental drug use has affected parent-child relationships. Method: Under the qualitative research methodology, the case study method was used with the aim of studying the impact of parental drug abuse on children. Qualitative data obtained through interviews were presented investigatively under thematic content analysis according to their respective characteristics. Results: All actions and reactions that people show to others can be identified as social interactions. Accordingly, social interaction is a process. Within that process, members of society maintain mutual social relations. Family members also maintain mutual social relations within the family and act to fulfill their needs. Based on the bonds within the family, there are interventions between children and parents' functions. Love, care, and protection are very important factors for child development. Accordingly, many facts were revealed in this research which explored the extent to which the parent-child relationship has affected physical, psychosocial, and moral development. From the psychosocial development side, it was revealed that family members were under pressure due to parental drug use. Therefore, it has become difficult for family members to act friendly within the family. While good personal behaviors and events in a family lead to the well-being of the family, bad personal behaviors cause problems within the family. Drug use is also a cause of various problems centered on the economic situation within the family. It was revealed in this study how such conditions directly affect a child's physical development. Love and care are the main factors that increase interpersonal relationships within a family. It was identified in the study how the factor of drug use by family members has had a direct as well as an indirect impact. In that, personal problems affect the family, and it can be identified that it develops into social problems. Because of this, interpersonal relationships within the family have broken down, and a distance has developed between children and parents. Morally, children have reached a state of ignoring their parents. Conclusion: Thus, it can be concluded that problems have arisen within the family due to parental drug use, and it has had an impact on the children's physical, psychosocial, and moral development.