Adolescent Substance Use and Marital Status in Adulthood

Menasco, Melissa A.; Blair, Sampson Lee

doi:10.1080/10502556.2014.887382

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“…This appears especially true for adolescents: substance use disorders (SUDs) can negatively impact the developing brain, reducing one’s capacity to grow to his/her full potential (Macleod et al, 2004; Squeglia, Jacobus, & Tapert, 2009; Vo, Schacht, Mintzer, & Fishman, 2014); hinder efforts to do well in or finish school which reduces later employment opportunities (Anderson, Ramo, Cummins, & Brown, 2010); and can damage relationships with family, peers, and others (Hibbert & Best, 2011; Menasco & Blair, 2014; Skogens & von Greif, 2014). Receiving and completing treatment for SUDs is one first step towards recovery from addiction; however, research has shown that treatment receipt is only one step in a cyclical process with some adolescents engaged in problematic substance use through multiple relapse and treatment episodes (Cornelius et al, 2003; Spear, Ciesla, & Skala, 1999).…”

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‘Pickle or a cucumber?’ administrator and practitioner views of successful adolescent recovery

Hennessy

Glaude

Finch

2016

Addiction Research & Theory

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Introduction Adolescent substance use disorders often involve a recurring cycle of treatment and relapse. The academic and practical definition of addition recovery for adults has been debated; yet, elements determining a successful adolescent recovery aside from abstinence have not been delineated. Thus, we sought to explore how practitioners and administrators define “success” in recovery and how they foster youth progress towards success. Methods Using a qualitative design, we purposively selected and visited treatment and recovery services sites and interviewed practitioners and administrators (N = 13). Sites included recovery high schools (N = 2), alternative peer groups (N = 4), and one treatment center. Two authors analyzed the data using the constant comparative method. Results Success emerged from the interviews in three primary themes (1) factors demonstrating success, (2) progress that highlights success, and (3) factors enabling success and two sub-themes (1) use of metaphors and (2) use of specific examples. A variety of factors and processes were discussed as indicators of success. Multiple practitioners stated that sobriety and length of abstinence were not the best success measures; yet, sobriety and education were mentioned most often. Conclusions A key finding of this study, which has not been addressed in existing qualitative studies of youth recovery, is that the understanding of recovery was so diverse and multi-dimensional and provided a view of success beyond sobriety, highlighting the various facets from which practitioners must operate and address recovery. This demonstrates the need for researchers to carefully conceptualize how they operationalize adolescent recovery.

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‘Pickle or a cucumber?’ administrator and practitioner views of successful adolescent recovery

Hennessy

Glaude

Finch

2016

Addiction Research & Theory

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“…Since in the context of this study, the divorced, the separated and the widowed were grouped together into the category that had experience, but are no longer living with marriage partners, the finding with regard to the divorced, may be extrapolated to the others in the same category. In their own report, however, which, inversely, studied the effects of drugs on marriage, Menesco and Blair (2014) revealed that high levels of substance use in adult years are shown to be relatively deleterious to both women's and men's chances of marriage and that early alcohol use decreases woman's chances of getting married, but increases the chances for men. This may be due to the fact that alcohol use is more likely to enhance or boost virility and other attributes of manhood in men, and diminish the attribute of reservation usually associated with womanhood, especially in the African context.…”

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Effects of Marriage and Religion on Drug Abuse Among Students of Selected Tertiary Institution in Owerri Metropolis, Imo State, Nigeria.

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Ajaraogu²,

Njoku³

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Purpose: A huge amount of research and literature has reported the disturbing increase in the rate of drug abuse by youths and the havoc which this phenomenon has wreaked on the lives of individuals and nations across the globe. Against this backdrop of this problem, this study explores the effect of marriage and religion on drug abuse among students of selected tertiary institutions in Owerri metropolis in Imo State, Nigeria. Methodology: The objectives include to: i. examine the socio-demographic profile of the target population; ii. Determine the most commonly abused drug by the students; and iii. Determine the effects of marriage and religion on drug abuse among the students. Findings: The study was a cross-sectional research which disproportionately combined qualitative and quantitative methods. A sample size of 2,400 participants, drawn from five tertiary institutions in Owerri Capital Territory, Imo State of Nigeria, was used in the study. Researchers’ made Questionnaire was employed for data collection while binary logistic regression model and descriptive statistics were adopted in the analysis of data. Although the study generally did not find any significant relationship between marriage and drug abuse, it established a higher incidence of drug abuse among the divorced and the separated. The study also found out that the rate of drug abuse was higher among adherents of traditional religion than those of Christianity, Islam and other religions. Recommendation: Based on these findings, the study recommended concerted family and societal efforts to mitigate the incidences of divorce and separation in marriages and to encourage youths to embrace religious organizations that customarily and doctrinally prohibit drug use and abuse.

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“…Deficits, or risk factors, that decrease the likelihood of marriage include higher rates of substance use (Menasco & Blair, 2014), health problems or a disability (Janus, 2009; Tumin, 2016), ethnic minority status (Lichter et al, 2004), having a baby outside of marriage (Qian et al, 2005), a history of incarceration (Western et al, 2004), greater internet pornography use among young men (Malcolm & Naufal, 2016), and living among an imbalanced gender ratio (Grossbard & Amuedo‐Dorantes, 2007). Regarding marital timing, risk factors (for marrying later) include economic uncertainty (Oppenheimer, 2003) and being male (Uecker, 2014).…”

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The double ABCM model of marital satisfaction

Hall

2021

J of Family Theo & Revie

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The proposed double ABCM model of marital satisfaction draws from the double ABCX theory of family behavior framework to incorporate pre-marital factors associated with getting married that carry-over into the marriage itself; it also integrates marital demands, circumstances, and perceptions that ultimately contribute to marital satisfaction. Bodies of literature related to marriage intentions, marital beliefs, newlywed adjustment, and marital maintenance are integrated into the constructs of the model. The double ABCM model expands the structure of the original double ABCX framework in several ways, including by explicitly depicting broader contextual factors that influence intrarelational processes, diagraming the shared and unshared aspects of most constructs, and illustrating a nonlinear passage of time. Limitations and implications are discussed.

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Adolescent Substance Use and Marital Status in Adulthood

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

‘Pickle or a cucumber?’ administrator and practitioner views of successful adolescent recovery

‘Pickle or a cucumber?’ administrator and practitioner views of successful adolescent recovery

Effects of Marriage and Religion on Drug Abuse Among Students of Selected Tertiary Institution in Owerri Metropolis, Imo State, Nigeria.

The double ABCM model of marital satisfaction

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