The spiritual health of parents and their role in preventing children’s addiction using the theory of planned behavior

ABSTRACT

The research population for this cross-sectional study consisted of 1424 Shiraz-based parents of first-year secondary students who were chosen randomly. An online questionnaire with three sections for demographic data, the theories of planned behaviour, and a questionnaire about spiritual well-being served as the data gathering tools. A significance level of p < 0.05 was taken into account when analysing the obtained data using SPSS 26 and independent t, Pearson correlation coefficient, and linear regression. The average parent participating in this study had two children, and the average age was 40. In addition to having average scores for attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control, parents also had average spiritual health. Parents’ behavioural intentions and their spiritual well-being were significantly correlated. Except for perceived behavioural control, there was a significant association between conduct and all of the theory of planned behaviour’s dimensions and a significant relationship between intention and all of them.

KEYWORDS:

• Attitude
• theory of planned behavior
• parents
• drug addicts
• primary prevention
• spirituality

Abbreviations

TPB

=

Theory of Planned Behavior

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Author’s contributions

AKHJ, RZ, AK, FM and TR assisted in conceptualization and design of the study, oversaw data collection, conducted data analysis and drafted the manuscript. AKHJ and TR conceptualized and designed the study, assisted in data analysis and reviewed the manuscript. AKHJ, RZ, AK, FM and TR assisted in study conceptualization and reviewed the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Data availability statement

The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are publicly available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Ethical approval and consent to participate

Ethical approval was obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committee at the Shiraz university of medical sciences. All study participants provided written informed consent. Permission was also obtained to digitally record all interview. Confidentiality and anonymity were ensured. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration.