Similarity of Behavior Within Addict Couples. Fart II. Addiction-Related Variables

Anglin,; Mw, Booth; Cf, Kao; Ll, Harlow; Peters, K.

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“…While some specificity of familial aggregation is found for particular drugs [8,27–29], parental substance abuse is associated with a wide range of behavior problems and drug use among exposed children. Other pathways of familial aggregation include sibling substance abuse [27,29] as well as assortative mating, where a high degree of concordance is observed for substance use disorders between spouses [23,30–42]. Concerning the underlying causes of familial aggregation, twin studies have shown that genetic factors explain a portion of the variance in sibling concordance for cannabis abuse/dependence [43–48].…”

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The familial aggregation of cannabis use disorders

Merikangas

Stipelman

et al. 2009

Addiction

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Aims-The aim of this paper is to examine the familial aggregation of cannabis use disorders and other psychiatric conditions among first-degree relatives and spouses of probands with a cannabis use disorder. Design-Controlled family study methods.Setting-Out-patient psychiatric clinics and the local community (same geographic area).Participants-Two hundred and sixty-two probands with a life-time history of cannabis use disorder, alcohol dependence, anxiety disorders or no history of any disorder, and their first-degree relatives and spouses.Measurements-Cannabis use disorders and other DSM-III-R disorders in the relatives and spouses using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia.Findings-Results reveal an elevated risk of life-time history of cannabis use disorders among siblings [odds ratio (OR: 3.6), adult offspring (OR): 6.9], and spouses (OR: 4.4) of probands with cannabis use disorders. There is a latent familial factor underlying cannabis use disorders that was shared partially with alcohol abuse/dependence. Comorbid mood and anxiety disorders aggregated independently from cannabis use disorders in families. Equal elevation in the magnitude of the association among the first-degree adult relatives and spouses of probands with a cannabis use disorder suggests the probable contribution of both environmental and genetic factors.Conclusions-These findings support a family-based approach to drug abuse intervention and the importance of future research concerning environmental mediators of familial transmission of drug abuse.

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The familial aggregation of cannabis use disorders

Merikangas

Stipelman

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Addiction

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“…Existing research indicates that drug-using intimate partners are likely to play an important role in determining treatment options [ 26 - 28 ]. These studies stressed the negative role that partnerships assume in relation to treatment experience generally [ 27 , 29 , 30 ] and the critical role they play in accessing treatment [ 31 , 32 , 4 ] or maintaining treatment outcomes [ 33 ], especially for women.…”

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The interplay between interpersonal dynamics, treatment barriers, and larger social forces: an exploratory study of drug-using couples in Hartford, CT

Simmons

2006

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Background: The drug treatment field tends to place emphasis on the individual rather than the individual in social context. While there are a growing number of studies indicating that drug-using intimate partners are likely to play an important role in determining treatment options, little attention has been given to the experience and complex treatment needs of illicit drug-using (heroin, cocaine, crack) couples.

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“…The study suggested that spouses do not change their smoking behavior independently and that the change patterns are affected by initial similarity in smoking habits between spouses. Anglin, Booth, Kao, Harlow, and Peters (1987) examined behavioral similarity within addict couples, comparing legally married and common-law partners. This study found that the married couples showed correlated behaviors for employment, welfare, and illegal incomes, but no such similarities were found for the common-law couples.…”

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Couples' reciprocal patterns in narcotics addiction: A recommendation on treatment strategy

Powers

Anglin

1996

Psychol. Mark.

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Couples that include an addict establish over time a stable pattern of deviant behavior that is reciprocally influenced by each spouse's level of drug use. Adequate intervention strategies must understand this dynamic in order to promote successful change. This article describes how behavioral patterns of narcotics addicts are affected by their spouses' addictive consumption of drugs. Analyses are conducted for men and women separately to explore gender differences with the use of retrospective self‐report data on addiction histories collected from over 600 addicts who were admitted to methadone maintenance clinics in Southern California. Time‐series analyses are conducted at the aggregate level to examine dynamic relationships between self's and spouse's narcotics use and other behaviors (e.g., employment, crime involvement, and alcohol use). Results indicate gender differences in conformity to spouse's drug use, especially for women, and in the effects of addiction on the related behaviors. These results suggest that intervention efforts should extend to addicts' partners in addition to the addicts themselves. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Similarity of Behavior Within Addict Couples. Fart II. Addiction-Related Variables

Cited by 21 publications

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The familial aggregation of cannabis use disorders

The familial aggregation of cannabis use disorders

The interplay between interpersonal dynamics, treatment barriers, and larger social forces: an exploratory study of drug-using couples in Hartford, CT

Couples' reciprocal patterns in narcotics addiction: A recommendation on treatment strategy

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