The effect of anger and family functions on bullying behavior in individuals with substance use disorder between the ages of 15 and 25

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of anger and family functions on bullying behavior in adolescents and young adults who are followed up with the diagnosis of substance use disorder. Methods: One hundred patients, whose ages between 15 and 25 and diagnosed with substance use disorder, were included in the study as participants. All participants were subjected to the Sociodemographic Data Form, Family Assessment Device, Trait Anger-Anger Expression Scale, Bullying Tendency Scale. Results: It was found that there was a positive relationship between bullying tendency scores and continuous anger and anger expression scores; and a negative relationship with anger control scores. It was observed that there was a positive correlation between subdimension scores of problem-solving, roles, and showing the necessary attention from family function dimensions and bullying tendency scores. In the multivariate regression model evaluating the predictive power of independent factors associated with bullying tendency, it was observed that anger control from anger subdimensions and problem-solving from family functions subdimensions, had a predictive effect on bullying tendency, and the combination of these two factors explained 26% of bullying tendency scores. Discussion: In this study, it was observed that most of the anger and family function dimensions were related to the bullying tendency, especially the anger control difficulties and the problem-solving skills in the family were the factors that predicted bullying behavior. We think that addressing these factors that have an impact on bullying behavior in the treatment process will be important in order to regulate the relations with the outside world in this age group.