SUBSTANCE USE AMONG ADOLESCENT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS

拟议的项目调查了这些模式和社会 青少年物质使用的心理决定因素 酗酒者的子女(COA)。慢性阻塞性肺疾病的高患病率 在接受化学依赖治疗的人中表明 针对这一群体的有效初级预防工作可以 产生巨大的公共健康效益。有很强的 认为青少年COA处于高峰期的理论理由- 酒精和物质使用的风险。然而，因为大多数人 研究人员对普通青少年人群进行了研究，但知之甚少 关于这种风险的性质、程度和时间进程。此外， 人们对物质使用背后的过程知之甚少 这群人中的虐待行为。拟议的研究将遵循一个样本 在250名COA和200名非COA青少年及其家庭中 三年的期限。这项研究将确定潜在的 影响实质内容的可更改风险和保护性因素 在COA和非COA青少年中使用，并将确定 这些因素是否在COA中以独特的方式发挥作用。最后， 这项研究将评估负面情绪管制的效用 物质使用对抗竞争的理论模型 另类选择。这个项目的成果将具有重要的意义 对物质使用的时间和内容的影响 针对高危青少年的预防方案。

The proposed project investigates the patterns and social psychological determinants of substance use among adolescent children of alcoholics (COAs). The high prevalence of COAs among individuals treated for chemical dependency suggests that effective primary prevention efforts aimed at this group could produce substantial public health benefits. There are strong theoretical reasons to believe that adolescent COAs are at high- risk for alcohol and substance use. However, because most research has studied general adolescent population, little is known about the nature, extent, and time course of this risk. Moreover, little is known about the processes that underlie substance use and abuse in this population. The proposed study will follow a sample of 250 COA and 200 non-COA adolescents and their families over a three-year period. The study will identify potentially modifiable risk and protective factors that influence substance use among COA and non-COA adolescents, and will determine whether these factors act in unique ways among COAs. Finally, the study will evaluate the utility of negative affect regulation models of substance use against competing theoretical alternatives. The results of this project will have important implications for both the timing and the content of substance use prevention programs aimed at high-risk adolescents.