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Abstract
The study explored a predictive model of substance use including perceived maternal parenting style, age and gender. Participants were 347 Albanian young adults (144 males and 203 females) aged 18 to 28 years. They completed the Parental Authority Questionnaire and the Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Involvement Scale. Gender, perceived authoritative maternal style, and age predicted a proportion of substance use involvement. Gender and perceived authoritative maternal style also predicted the proportion of young people at risk for substance use or abuse. Implications of the findings and limitations of the study are discussed.
THE AUTHORS
Dr. Efrosini Kalyva is a psychologist with two PhDs (one on addictive behaviors and one on special needs education). She is currently Senior Lecturer, Project Coordinator, Research Coordinator, and RT3 Track leader at City, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, where she has been working for the past 13 years. Dr Kalyva has taught in the past 18 years as visiting lecturer several courses at the Institute of Education, at South Bank University, at the University of Indianapolis in Athens, at University of Macedonia and Aristotle University. Dr Kalyva has written two books on special needs education in Greek and four in English while she has published her work in several prestigious international scientific journals and edited books. She has delivered numerous papers in national and international conferences and she has given many professional and training workshops and seminars for students and for professionals. Dr Kalyva has appeared on TV and radio shows and she has written magazine articles for the general public. Dr Kalyva is also working as a therapist of children with special educational needs in a private centre, where she is also in charge of research. She is supervising a number of BSc and MSc projects, as well as PhD students.
Dr. Erika Melonashi is currently Lecturer of Health Psychology at the European University of Tirana (UET) Albania and Doctoral Program Coordinator at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the same university. Also, she is the Scientific Coordinator of the International Journal of Educational Sciences (Educatio) and Research Track leader for Psychology in UET. Dr. Melonashi has published several articles in national and international journals and has also participated in national and international conferences. Her research interests include substance use and abuse and quality of life in chronic illness/older age. Currently, she is supervising two doctoral theses in these specific areas at the European University of Tirana.