Italian families living with relatives with alcohol or drugs problems

Arcidiacono, Caterina; Velleman, Richard; Procentese, Fortuna; Berti, Peter R.; Albanesi, Cinzia; Sommantico, Massimiliano; Copello, Alex

doi:10.3109/09687630902824262

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“…The quantitative research (Arcidiacono et al 2009c) provided us with information derived from standardized questionnaires about symptomatology and experiences, but here the qualitative research has allowed us to give a voice to the interconnection and comprehension of the entire relational framework. In this framework, the data collected take on meaning within the individual experience of respondents.…”

Section: Importance Of the Family And Familismmentioning

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Impact and Coping in Italian Families of Drug and Alcohol Users

Arcidiacono

Velleman

Procentese

et al. 2009

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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This article presents the results of a detailed interview study with 113 family members (FMs) of people with serious alcohol or drug problems, drawn from three different areas of Italy: Ravenna, a medium-sized town in the North (n = 37), and two large cities, in the Centre (Rome, n = 26), and the South (Naples, n = 50). Interviewers used a semi-structured grid covering a range of areas, including the history of the relative's substance misuse, family member's health and well-being, coping, social support, and hopes and expectations for the future. Interviews were analyzed using Grounded Theory. This qualitative analysis of the data defined core categories, which allowed a multidimensional model of coping to be developed, taking into account participants' motivations, thoughts, plans, and behavior. This model highlights the multiple reciprocal interconnections underlying coping. The results demonstrate that family members of people with alcohol or drug problems in Italy suffer in similar ways to family members elsewhere. However, although there are great similarities between these results and results from other countries (Orford 2005a), the importance of the family, both as a central theme in the interviews and occupying a key role within Italy, stands out, as does the role played by interpersonal and relational bonds within the Italian social environment. A range of areas are discussed further.

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Section: Importance Of the Family And Familismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact and Coping in Italian Families of Drug and Alcohol Users

Arcidiacono

Velleman

Procentese

et al. 2009

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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“…FMI, SRT and CQ assess stress, strain and coping, respectively examining the impact of the alcohol or drug problems, the physical and psychological symptoms experienced by the family member, their coping, and their hopefulness about the future. Further information on this phase can be found in Arcidiacono et al (2009c). The family members were mostly female (85), and they are most frequently the substance misuser's parent (47) or partner (33), concerned about their relative's active drinking or drug-taking within the last 6 months.…”

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“…Also the Treatment Reports written by the professionals administering the 5-Step Interventions (Arcidiacono et al, 2009c,) were all analysed by a monitoring team which developed a 17-item categorization of these data focussing on specific aspects of each session (topics, goals, strengths, etc.) (Arcidiacono et al, 2009a).…”

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A synergy between action‐research and a mixed methods design for improving services and treatment for family members of heavy alcohol and drug users

Arcidiacono

Velleman

Procentese

2009

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Our project first explored the patterns of disempowerment within 113 Italian families facing the problem of a heavy alcohol or drug user in the family. It then provided therapeutic interventions for the members of a further fifty-two families, and thirdly, as a part of the diffusion of the results, it provided brief training for 1,011 professionals supplying services for those suffering from alcohol and drug addiction. the impact of substance misuse on families, and on the development of effective interventions to assist those families, supplied the models for this participatory research in Italy. This article discusses the mobilization of health professionals in developing a participatory project within a cross-cultural framework, focusing on research that involved more than 70 researchers and other professionals all over Italy. Research team discussions, peer validation of gathered data and reflexivity all had a significant role. The paper illustrates various issues, which are often not explicitly mentioned in research reports, related to recruitment, cooperation between researchers, interactions between researchers and participants, information about decision-making and the actual modalities of execution of the project. Moreover, the careful descriptions of qualitative research principles within the action research approach and a mixed methods design should enhance the research competencies of psychologists and social scientists involved in the community.

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“…The means by which the family cope with this situation, and the types of support it receives (or not receive), are factors that moderate the strain-stress relationship (Orford et al, 2010). While this set of measures has been used in several studies (e.g., Copello et al, 2009b;Petra, 2014) and in different countries including Italy (Arcidiacono et al, 2010), Mexico (Orford et al, 2005a) and Singapore (Lee et al, 2011), the psychometric properties of the non-English version of these measures has not yet been explored. Results from exploratory factor analysis suggests a three factor solution for COPE, a twofactor solution for HOPE as well as two-factor solution for FMI and SRT (Orford et al, 2005b).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%