Relationship between Parenting Style Effect, Psychotic Symptoms and Psychological Distress among Drug Addicts

Abstract

Drug addiction is the root cause of millions of deaths per year around the world. Drug
addiction is a chronically relapsing disorder, affecting people from all spheres of life.
This study aimed to develop a model to trace the effects of parenting style and
psychological distress on psychotic symptoms among drug addicts in Faisalabad
Pakistan. The data of 100 participants were recruited for analysis. Perceived social
support, active coping with COVID-19, risk perception and confidence were evaluated
using self-administered questionnaires. Parenting Style Scale, Kessler Psychological
Distress Scale (K10), and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) were used to
evaluate psychotic symptoms of drug addicts through a purposive sample technique.
Almost all hypothesis of the current study was dully approved. The study found that
parenting style was negatively correlated with psychological distress while it had a
significant positive correlation with psychotic symptoms; psychological distress
showed non-significant correlation with psychotic symptoms. parenting style was nonsignificant predictor of psychological distress while parenting style was significant
predictor of psychotic symptoms among drug addicts.