Primary Caregiver and Child Attachment

An Important Assessment Issue for Substance Use in African American and Hispanic Youth

Bibliographic Data

ID12787198
AuthorsCarolyn Hilarski (Rochester Institute of Technology, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume2
Issue1-2
Pages175-189
Publication date2005-05-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Evidence-Based Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1543-3714 • E-ISSN: 1543-3722
PublisherHaworth Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1300/j394v02n01_10
OpenAlexW1594085854
LanguageEN
References cited23

This descriptive pilot study examined the relationship between African American and Hispanic youth's reported substance use and their perceived attachment with their primary caregiver. Thirty (N = 30) African American and Hispanic adolescents, age 14 through 17, were divided into two groups, those who reported using alcohol and/or drugs (n = 15) and those who did not (n = 15) The two groups were matched on race, age, gender, violence exposure, and community. Utilizing SPSS to conduct intercorelational and t-test analyses, the results showed that the African American and Hispanic youth who reported alcohol and/or drug use were significantly more likely to self-report greater problems in their primary caregiver relationships than those who did not. These findings suggest that assessment of family process is essential when a youth presents with substance use. Moreover, a universal prevention effort might entail incorporating healthy family process education as part of a preschool curriculum

African american · Curriculum · Descriptive statistics · Developmental psychology · Primary caregiver · Primary prevention · Substance use · Test (biology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology

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