چکیده:
Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of family empowerment with short-term solution-oriented therapy in changing the emotional atmosphere of the family and the prevention of addiction in adolescents with substance-dependent parents. Method: The method of the present study was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest and follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population of this research consisted of adolescents with substance-dependent parents referring to drug addiction treatment centers in the city of Tabriz in fall 2021. Among them, 30 people were selected using the convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received eight 90-minute sessions of short-term solution-oriented therapy weekly, while the control group received no intervention. Research data were collected in three stages of pre-test, post-test, and three-month follow-up using the family emotional atmosphere questionnaire and the addiction tendency scale, and were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance. Results: The results showed that family empowerment was effective in changing the family emotional atmosphere and the prevention of addiction in adolescents with substance-dependent parents, and this effect was stable in the three-month follow-up. Conclusion: According to the results of the present research, it can be concluded that family empowerment with short-term solution-oriented therapy is among the effective treatments for the family emotional atmosphere and the prevention of addiction.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Conclusion: Given the results of the present study, it can be concluded that family empowerment with short-term solution-focused therapy is among the effective treatments for the family emotional climate and addiction prevention.
In total, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a powerful and constructive approach through which individuals use this ability to develop creative solutions to enhance their lives, develop a new self, change their world, and implement behavioral changes (Cortes, Ballesteros, Collantes, & Aguilar2, 2016).
Therefore, the research question of the present study is whether family empowerment through Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is effective on the family emotional atmosphere and the prevention of addiction in adolescents with substance-dependent parents?
Therefore, it can be said that family empowerment based on short-term solution-focused therapy has had a significant effect on improving the family emotional climate and substance use tendency 91 in adolescents of the experimental group compared to the control group.
In this regard, the findings of the present study showed that family empowerment with short-term solution-focused therapy had a significant effect on the family emotional climate and prevention of substance use, and this effect is stable at the three-month follow-up.
Therefore, considering the results of the present research and other studies conducted, it can be concluded that family empowerment, and especially family empowerment with short-term solution-focused therapy, can [improve the] family emotional climate and emotional expression in family members and reduce the tendency of adolescents with substance-dependent parents toward substance use.