en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research Article <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Background:</span>&nbsp;Considering the fundamental role that parents play in a family dynamic, it is important to explore the parent-child relationship and examine what protective behaviors or risk factors may contribute to the onset of substance use in children.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Objectives:</span>&nbsp;The present study aims to investigate the correlation between child-parent relationships and parents&rsquo; preventive behaviors and their effect on the onset of substance use in children.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Materials and Methods:</span>&nbsp;This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2014 among 234 randomly selected volunteer participants. These participants, who were all Tehran-based Iranian mothers, filled out a self-administered questionnaire in which they recorded: I-demographic information, II of family-based behaviors aimed at preventing the onset of substance use in children, and III of the child-parent relationship. Data were analyzed via SPSS software (ver. 21.0) using Pearson correlations, independent t-tests, and ANOVA at a 95% significant level.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Results:</span>&nbsp;Results reported a negative significant correlation between conflict and closeness (r = -0.465, P &ge; 0.001), a positive significant correlation between closeness and preventive behaviors (r = 0.852, P &ge; 0.001), and a negative significant correlation between conflict and preventive behaviors (r = -0.605, P &ge; 0.001).</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Conclusions:</span>&nbsp;The findings suggest that the development of preventive programs will contribute to increases in the child-mother closeness relationship and will help to prevent the onset of substance use in children.</p> </aside> Family, Cognitive Factors, Conflict, Closeness 83 87 http://ajnpp.umsha.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2-38&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mehdi Mirzaei-Alavijeh 1003194753284600161 1003194753284600161 No Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran Alireza Hidarnia hidarnia@modares.ac.ir 1003194753284600162 1003194753284600162 Yes Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran Gerjo Kok 1003194753284600163 1003194753284600163 No Department of Work and Social Psychology, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Shamsaddin Niknami 1003194753284600164 1003194753284600164 No Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran Mohammad Ismail Motlagh 1003194753284600165 1003194753284600165 No Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran Mahnaz Pishdar 1003194753284600166 1003194753284600166 No Institute of Mehrvarzan-Pishgiri, Tehran, IR Iran