Childhood Trauma, Problematic Drug Use and Coping

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2153408
AutoresTammy C Ayres (0000-0002-2590-9558, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume42
Fascículo5
Páginas578-599
Data de publicação2021-05-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2020.1746132
OpenAlexW3015752101
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas108

Childhood trauma contributes to increased risk of drug use, deviance, and offending in adulthood, but less is known about the exact relationship that exists between these phenomena, particularly among men. Instead the precise nature of the relationship for men is equivocal and varies across research studies, thus illustrating the need for further investigation, which is the rationale underpinning this research. Consequently, this internationally situated study draws on research from the UK to investigate whether severity of childhood trauma and/or type of coping predicted problematic drug use among a group of 149 male drug-using offenders. Results of this study showed high levels of childhood trauma did not impact on severity of drug use in adulthood or differentiate between offenders who used drugs non-problematically and those who developed more problematic patterns of use. Instead coping strategy predicted severity of drug use and being a problematic drug user. These results highlight the importance of early intervention and education with children to make them more resilient to substance use as well as inculcating coping strategies in trauma informed treatment. This study also contributes to the deficit in the international evidence base underpinning general strain theory and the self-medication model

Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Deviance (statistics · Drug · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Underpinning · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology