Perceived personality traits and parenting styles on addiction potentiality among nursing students

Background Drug addiction among adolescents represents a public health concern that receives attention from policy experts, academics, and government officials. Many factors that may affect addiction potential among nursing students are parenting styles and personality traits. This study aims to investigate the impact of personality traits and perceived parenting styles on addiction potential among nursing students. Setting Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University. Design A cross-sectional survey and descriptive research design. Sample Stratified random sample included 380 nursing students. Tools Personal data sheet, parental styles questionnaire, potential addiction scale, and personality inventory for DSM-5 Brief from (PID-5-BF). Results 28.8% of the studied sample had personality traits of addiction potential. They perceived their parent style as authoritative style (69.5%), Permissive style (47.7%), and authoritarian style (35.2%). About 56.8% of the nursing students experienced moderate addiction potential levels. Parenting authority and personality traits demonstrated a statistically significant positive correlation. Conclusion The study concluded that parenting style and personality traits are the main risk factors contributing to addiction potential among nursing students. Recommendation Design a counseling program for parents on the effect of various parenting styles on the risk of addiction potential among adolescents and personality.