Objective:

to identify the relationship between affective involvement with drug addiction and alcoholic behavior in families with adolescent children.

Materials and methods:

It was performed in a population of 342 high school students; a sample of 272 subjects was captured. Sampling was stratified, by grade and group, between 14, 15 and 16 years old, who answered the Family Problems Instrument prepared by Magdalena Espinosa y Gómez 2006 and the Family Performance Evaluation Questionnaire built by Raquel Atri and Zetune in 2006. A student's t-test was used to evaluate the differences between the functional and dysfunctional affective involvement of mom and dad.

Results:

With statistically significant differences in negative family interaction, family dependence, alcoholic behavior in the family, communication and integration.

Conclusions:

The Differences of ideas between father and mother indicate that the mother assumes an important role regarding affective involvement and its relationship with family problems, considering that it fosters a sense of understanding, interest and support, meaningful for the protection of substance use.