Psychological characteristics related to cocaine use during pregnancy: a postpartum assessment.
Year: 1993
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study assessed four psychological factors that have been suggested by previous research to be highly correlated with drug use. Twenty-one postpartum urban African-American women served as the research participants. At parturition, 10 infants tested positive for cocaine and 11 did not. Measures of depression (Beck Depression Index), anxiety (Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory), anger/self-control (Self-Analysis Questionnaire), and sociopathy (California Personality Inventory subscale) were obtained from the mothers within 6 weeks of delivery. Women who gave birth to cocaine-positive infants were significantly more depressed and had significantly higher sociopathy scores than their cocaine-negative counterparts. No differences with respect to anxiety and anger were obtained. The implications of these findings, as well as the potential adverse effects of cocaine use during pregnancy, are discussed.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: T L Strickland, R James, H Myers, W Lawson, X Bean, J Mapps
Institution: Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W17173573