Güçlendirme Yaklaşımı Çerçevesinde: Metamfetamin Kullanım Bozukluğuna Sahip Çocuğu Bulunan Anne ve Babaların Karşılaştıkları Güçlükler, Baş Etme Stratejileri ve Hizmet Beklentileri

Abstract

Addiction is a public health problem with biopsychosocial causes and consequences that have been explained with various definitions from past to present. As much as substance use disorder affects the individual, it also has effects on his/her immediate environment, mother and father. The aim of this study is to explore the difficulties that mothers and fathers of children with methamphetamine use disorder encounter due to the addiction process within the framework of the empowerment approach and to reveal their coping strategies and service expectations. The subjects of the study consist of mothers and fathers with methamphetamine use disorder and whose children are over the age of 18. In this study designed with a qualitative research design, the subjects were reached with the purposeful sampling method. In this direction, 22 subjects were interviewed at Yeşilay Counseling Centers located in Ankara. Semi-structured interview forms were used in the interviews and data were obtained through in-depth interviews. The obtained data were analyzed thematically through the MAXQDA 24 program. The data obtained within the scope of the research were collected under 3 main themes as “Difficulties Faced by Mothers and Fathers of Children with Methamphetamine Use Disorder”, “Needs and Expectations of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Methamphetamine Use Disorder Regarding the Services Provided” and “Coping Strategies of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Methamphetamine Use Disorder”. In this context, it was concluded that mothers and fathers had difficulty in making sense of the process, encountered difficulties in psychological, economic and social dimensions and had needs regarding the services provided. The subjects’ coping strategies against these difficulties were also evaluated. Suggestions were presented regarding the obtained results.