Stress, Coping, and Well-being Among Family Members of Women With Substance Use or Co-occurring Disorders
Year: 2007
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: by BARBARA COLIN MOORE The effects of illness-related stressors on family members of women with substance use disorders or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders were examined, and the mediating or moderating role of family member adaptive or maladaptive coping strategies was assessed. 82 women in inpatient or outpatient treatment for substance use disorders in a Midwestern community were interviewed. Of these, 46 (56.1%) met diagnostic criteria for one or more additional psychiatric disorders: major depression, dysthymia, posttraumatic stress disorder, mania, hypomania, or generalized anxiety disorder. The women were predominantly African-American and of lower socioeconomic status. The women in treatment nominated the most supportive family member or a significant other for participation in the study. 82 family members, one for each woman in treatment, were also interviewed. Findings were that illnessrelated client behavioral problems and extent of client drug or alcohol use were significantly related to greater family member burden. At the bivariate level, greater client behavioral problems were also related to higher levels of family member depressive symptomatology. Family member maladaptive coping was found to completely mediate the relationship between client behavioral problems and the Stigma
Author: Barbara C. Moore
Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2259227779