Children's roles in the social networks of women in substance abuse treatment

Tracy, Elizabeth M.; Martin, Toby C.

doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2006.06.008

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“…Previous studies have found that children often play an important role in substance abusing mothers’ support systems (Tracy & Martin, 2007). In fact, Tracy and Martin (2007) found that during recovery, substance abusing women reported that they received an equal amount of support from children as they did from other adults. While children can play an important role in providing support to their mothers during recovery, children may be negatively impacted if they are given an inappropriate amount of responsibility.…”

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‘The Whole Family Suffered, So the Whole Family Needs to Recover’: Thematic Analysis of Substance-Abusing Mothers’ Family Therapy Sessions

Brakenhoff¹,

Slesnick²

2014

Journal of Social Service Research

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Substance abusing mothers and their children are more likely to experience a range of social, behavioral, and psychological difficulties. Despite the significant challenges faced by these families, little is known about their experiences in treatment. The current study analyzed 12 sessions of family therapy using thematic analysis to identify common themes that arose during substance abusing mothers and their children’s discussion during family therapy. Mothers’ ages ranged from 28 to 35 years and the children’s ages ranged from 12 to 14 years. Four therapy sessions from three families were coded for a total of 12 therapy sessions. An ecological framework was used to classify themes, in which themes related to each level of the families’ ecological systems were identified. Thematic analysis of the therapy sessions indicated that mothers and their children primarily discussed topics related to their relational and emotional needs. The findings indicated that substance use disordered mothers and their children have unique treatment needs that should be addressed when the mother seeks treatment. More research is needed to further clarify and confirm the observations in this study. In particular, future research should include a larger sample and quantitative methodology.

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‘The Whole Family Suffered, So the Whole Family Needs to Recover’: Thematic Analysis of Substance-Abusing Mothers’ Family Therapy Sessions

Brakenhoff¹,

Slesnick²

2014

Journal of Social Service Research

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“…African American women look t o their partners to provide a sympathetic ea r an d t o thei r parent s fo r affirmatio n o f self-worth (Strauss , 2001 ). However, partners can also enable drug use, suggestin g that treatment providers should asses s the quality of women's social support (Falkin & Strauss,2003).Because these relationships can ofte n contai n element s o f power an d control , many women choose to end their current relationship when the y begin recovery (Trulsso n & Hedin, 2004), In addition t o partners an d parents, women in treatment view children a s providing support fo r their recovery, and this includes children living with them and children who are in the custody of others (Tracy & Martin, 2007). Having the responsibility for caring fo r childre n an d receivin g publi c assistanc e can also be protective factor s fo r African American women who us e drugs (La m et al, 2004).…”

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The Impact of Emotional and Material Social Support on Women's Drug Treatment Completion

Lewandowski¹,

Hill²

2009

Health & Social Work

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“…Research on social support networks among suhstance-using women Indicates that it is consistently low (Blanchard et al, 2005), especially social support from nondrug involved family, friends, and partners (Conners et al, 2003). Suhstance abuse treatment research among a mostly African American sample of women found that youth are just as important in providing support to their mothers as are other adults (Tracy & Martin, 2007). For their own support, it is possihle that youth may inherit the support network that was available to their mothers prior to the mother's use of substances.…”

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African American Adolescents' Interactions with Their Substance-Using Mothers

Johnson

2013

Families in Society

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Understanding the interactions that African American youth have with their substance-using mothers is important because of the increased likelihood that these youth depend on their mothers as their primary providers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 urban-dwelling, African American adolescents with substance-using mothers to explore the nature of their interactions. Youth report maternal influence on their attitudes in general and toward child-rearing and peer group affiliations. Communication between the dyads is often strained and youth assume roles of sibling protector and maternal confidant. Youth have supportive adults in their lives but their engagement with these supports is also shaped by maternal substance use. Implications for how direct practice with youth might address these outcomes are discussed.

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Children's roles in the social networks of women in substance abuse treatment

Cited by 41 publications

References 34 publications

‘The Whole Family Suffered, So the Whole Family Needs to Recover’: Thematic Analysis of Substance-Abusing Mothers’ Family Therapy Sessions

‘The Whole Family Suffered, So the Whole Family Needs to Recover’: Thematic Analysis of Substance-Abusing Mothers’ Family Therapy Sessions

The Impact of Emotional and Material Social Support on Women's Drug Treatment Completion

African American Adolescents' Interactions with Their Substance-Using Mothers

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