en سوء مصرف و وابستگي به مواد Substance abuse and dependence پژوهشي Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective:</strong> Youth smoking has long been a major concern at individual, familial, and national levels. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the role of parent-child relationship in the smoking behavior and smoking intensity among college students. We also aimed to investigate gender-specific variations in the association between mother-child and father-child relationships and smoking behavior and its intensity among female and male college students.<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> The sample consisted of college students (N=242: 142 smokers, 99 nonsmokers) who were selected using snowball sampling method among the students of Guilan University. Participants completed the parent-child relationship survey and Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence. Binary and multinomial logistic regressions were used for analyzing.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> Results showed that mother-child relationship, but not father-child relationship, was the significant predictor of smoking status. Also, mother-child relationship could predict low to moderate levels of dependence on nicotine. Finally, among male students, mother-child relationship was the significant predictor of smoking. Neither mother-child nor father-child relationships were the significant predictors of smoking status among female students.<br> <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Further research is needed to clear our understanding of gender-specific correlates of smoking among youth.</p> Smoking, Nicotine dependence, Mother-child relationship, Father-child relationship, College students 81 90 http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-155-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mahsa Mojallal مهسا مجلل mahmojallal@gmail.com Yes Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. گروه روانشناسی، دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی، دانشگاه گیلان Abbas Ali Hosseinkhanzadeh عباسعلی حسین خانزاده abbaskhanzade@gmail.com No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. گروه روانشناسی، دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی، دانشگاه گیلان Mahboobe Taher محبوبه طاهر Mahboobe.Taher@yahoo.com No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran. گروه روانشناسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد شاهرود، شاهرود، ایران Aida Yahyazadeh آیدا یحیی زاده aidayahyazadeh@yahoo.com No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran. دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی رشت، رشت، گیلان