Psychological maltreatment and its relationship with substance abuse among university students in Kingston, Jamaica

Longman-Mills, Samantha; Haye, W De La; Hamilton, Hayley; Brands, Bruna; Wright, Maria da Glória Miotto; Cumsille, Francisco; Mann, Robert E.; Khenti, Akwatu

doi:10.1590/0104-07072015001070014

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“…To date, evidence that concretely links maltreatment and substance abuse remains limited. However, a plausible explanation for this link could be the indirect effects of posttraumatic stress (i.e., a history of maltreatment) leading to substance use [ 53 , 54 ]. These findings highlight the importance of continuous monitoring and follow-ups with adolescents who have a history of maltreatment and who have ever attended a welfare center.…”

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Risk and protective factors of drug abuse among adolescents: a systematic review

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Background Drug abuse is detrimental, and excessive drug usage is a worldwide problem. Drug usage typically begins during adolescence. Factors for drug abuse include a variety of protective and risk factors. Hence, this systematic review aimed to determine the risk and protective factors of drug abuse among adolescents worldwide. Methods Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) was adopted for the review which utilized three main journal databases, namely PubMed, EBSCOhost, and Web of Science. Tobacco addiction and alcohol abuse were excluded in this review. Retrieved citations were screened, and the data were extracted based on strict inclusion and exclusion criteria. Inclusion criteria include the article being full text, published from the year 2016 until 2020 and provided via open access resource or subscribed to by the institution. Quality assessment was done using Mixed Methods Appraisal Tools (MMAT) version 2018 to assess the methodological quality of the included studies. Given the heterogeneity of the included studies, a descriptive synthesis of the included studies was undertaken. Results Out of 425 articles identified, 22 quantitative articles and one qualitative article were included in the final review. Both the risk and protective factors obtained were categorized into three main domains: individual, family, and community factors. The individual risk factors identified were traits of high impulsivity; rebelliousness; emotional regulation impairment, low religious, pain catastrophic, homework completeness, total screen time and alexithymia; the experience of maltreatment or a negative upbringing; having psychiatric disorders such as conduct problems and major depressive disorder; previous e-cigarette exposure; behavioral addiction; low-perceived risk; high-perceived drug accessibility; and high-attitude to use synthetic drugs. The familial risk factors were prenatal maternal smoking; poor maternal psychological control; low parental education; negligence; poor supervision; uncontrolled pocket money; and the presence of substance-using family members. One community risk factor reported was having peers who abuse drugs. The protective factors determined were individual traits of optimism; a high level of mindfulness; having social phobia; having strong beliefs against substance abuse; the desire to maintain one’s health; high paternal awareness of drug abuse; school connectedness; structured activity and having strong religious beliefs. Conclusion The outcomes of this review suggest a complex interaction between a multitude of factors influencing adolescent drug abuse. Therefore, successful adolescent drug abuse prevention programs will require extensive work at all levels of domains.

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Risk and protective factors of drug abuse among adolescents: a systematic review

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“…El UPD es uno de los resultados más comunes asociados con EAI y representa una amenaza importante para la salud pública (Banducci et al, 2014;LeTendre & Reed, 2017;Longman-Mills et al, 2015).…”

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“…La gravedad de la negligencia en los primeros cuatro años de vida es relevante para el desarrollo e internalización de síntomas en la adolescencia, en comparación con los efectos que se produjeron en la infancia media y tardía (Duprey et al, 2017). Diversas investigaciones afirman que los individuos que experimentaron EAI tienen más probabilidades de presentar UPD, siendo el alcohol y el tabaco las más consumidas (Abajobir et al, 2017;Bunford et al, 2017;Choi et al, 2017;Gonçalves et al, 2016;Keane et al, 2015;Konstenius et al, 2017;Liu et al, 2016;Longman-Mills et al, 2015;Oshri et al, 2017;Quinn et al, 2016;Ramos-Olazagasti et al, 2017;Sperry & Widom, 2013;Taplin et al, 2014). A su vez, las personas con antecedentes documentados de maltrato y negligencia infantil reportaron niveles significativamente más bajos de apoyo social en la edad adulta.…”

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Experiencias adversas en la infancia y el uso de drogas en la adolescencia y adultez: un análisis de la evidencia

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El objetivo de este estudio es la revisión de la evidencia actual sobre la relación entre la vivencia de experiencias adversas en la infancia y el posterior uso de drogas en la adolescencia y adultez, y sus características. La metodología utilizada fue una revisión sistemática de publicaciones científicas, entre el periodo 2013-2017, disponibles en la base de datos Scopus sobre experiencias adversas en la infancia y el uso de drogas en la adolescencia y adultez que arrojó un total de 69 publicaciones incluidas en el estudio. Las experiencias adversas en la infancia presentan una elevada relación con el uso y/o abuso de drogas en la adolescencia y adultez. El consumo de drogas en adolescentes y adultos expuestos a experiencias traumáticas en la infancia se da principalmente en hombres. Las drogas mayormente usadas son alcohol, tabaco, cannabis y fármacos no recetados y, en menor medida, opioides, cocaína y anfetaminas. Las drogas, en este sentido, cumplen el rol de barrera química para distanciar el dolor emocional que deriva del recuerdo de las experiencias traumáticas y su intensa carga psíquica. Se requieren acciones de promoción del buen trato en la infancia, así como el abordaje terapéutico temprano de niños expuestos a experiencias traumáticas.

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“…Emotional abuse and neglect have been reported to cause significant harm to the child’s development, and this harm extends into adolescence and adult life [24]. Unlike cases involving physical or sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect are believed to be the least likely to be reported by victims; victims are rarely able to demonstrate visible proof and therefore lack a sense of legitimacy [25].…”

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Psychological maltreatment and its relationship with self-esteem and psychological stress among adolescents in Tanzania: a community based, cross-sectional study

Mwakanyamale

2019

BMC Psychiatry

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Background Despite the growing recognition of childhood psychological maltreatment as a public health and human rights concern, it remains rampant in developing countries including Tanzania and has a negative impact on the victim’s self-esteem during adolescence. There is a lack of published studies in Tanzania that examine the relationship between childhood psychological maltreatment and self-esteem during adolescence. This study describes the relationship between childhood psychological maltreatment and self-esteem and psychological distress among adolescents in Tanzania. Methods This was a cross-sectional, community-based study of secondary school students that was conducted in randomly selected secondary schools in five regions in Tanzania between April 2016 and February 2017. A multistage cluster sampling technique was employed to obtain the required number of study participants. The Rosenberg self-esteem scale, Kessler psychological distress scale (K10) and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) questionnaires were used to measure the variables in the study. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyse the correlation between variables (Psychological maltreatment and self-esteem and psychological distress). Results A sample of 1000 secondary school students was recruited for this study, of which 553 (55.3%) were males and 447 (44.7%) were females. The mean age at presentation was 16.45 ± 6.42 years . Out of the 1000 participants, 766 (76.6%) experienced psychological maltreatment. Emotional abuse was reported in 24.7% of the participants, while emotional neglect was reported in 51.9% of cases. There was a strong positive correlation between psychological maltreatment and self-esteem ( r = 0.55, p < 0.001), whereas the correlation between psychological maltreatment and psychological distress was significantly but weak ( r = − 0.086, p = 0.007). The results also show a strong positive correlation between psychological distress and self-esteem ( r = 0.16, p < 0.001). Conclusion Finding from this study demonstrated that childhood psychological maltreatment is prevalent in our setting and is associated with psychological distress and low self-esteem during adolescence. Urgent intervention targeting at reducing occurrence of childhood psychological maltreatment is necessary to reduce the incidence of low self-esteem and psychological distress among Tanzanian adolescents.

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Psychological maltreatment and its relationship with substance abuse among university students in Kingston, Jamaica

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Risk and protective factors of drug abuse among adolescents: a systematic review

Risk and protective factors of drug abuse among adolescents: a systematic review

Experiencias adversas en la infancia y el uso de drogas en la adolescencia y adultez: un análisis de la evidencia

Psychological maltreatment and its relationship with self-esteem and psychological stress among adolescents in Tanzania: a community based, cross-sectional study

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