PMID: 8957149Dec 2, 1996Paper

Early family adversity as a precursor to narcotic addiction

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
D N NurcoT E Hanlon

Abstract

This retrospective study examined differences among three groups of urban males in the prevalence of various family risk factors occurring before age 11 and their independent contributions to subsequent deviance. The groups included: narcotic addicts; never-addicted peer controls who were associates of the addicts at age 11; and never-addicted community controls not associated with the addicts. Sixty-four percent of the addicts, compared to slightly under 40% of both control groups, reportedly experienced one or more family risk factors involving deviant behavior among family members and family disruption before age 11. While community controls differed from addicts on both family deviance and disruption in family structure, peer controls differed from addicts only on disruption of family structure. For the total sample, both family deviance and family disruption experienced before age 11 were significantly associated with crime severity level at age 11. Implications of these findings for future substance abuse research and intervention are discussed.

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Oct 27, 1998·Drug and Alcohol Dependence·D N NurcoT E Hanlon
Jul 9, 2004·Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors·Karen K HardoonJeffrey L Derevensky
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