OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN OF DRUG ABUSERS: A MULTISITE STUDY

描述：（申请人摘要） 这个提议的第一个项目将继续博士斯坦格的纲领性 对吸毒者子女的研究。本研究的目的是 确定青少年吸毒的预测因素及其与 吸毒者的孩子。以前的研究表明， 接受药物滥用治疗的父母， 行为/情绪问题比匹配的对照组。在 特别是，吸毒者的子女有可能出现行为问题， 与早期和持续吸毒有关。但并非所有 吸毒者的子女在吸毒时表现出行为/情绪问题， 他们父母的药物滥用治疗该项目旨在确定 吸毒的风险和保护因素 吸毒者的孩子。候选预测因子将包括 父母滥用药物，家庭环境和养育，儿童 行为/情绪问题和异常态度，同伴影响，以及 人口变量。我们将评估儿童的行为/情绪 问题，药物使用和反社会行为，通过标准化的评级表 来自：（1）正在接受药物治疗的父母或父母人物 （2）家庭中的第二位家长; 93）孩子的老师， (4)11岁及以上儿童。研究地点包括Burlington，VT， 休斯顿，费城，纽约和丹佛。 这项研究将扩展和扩大斯坦格博士的NIDA小发现。 赠款项目。第一项建议的进展包括评估 儿童直接，评估重要的调解人和主持人， 父母滥用药物对儿童的问题，评估药物滥用， 拖欠的结果，并评估类似的结构，在时间1和 时间2.该项目包括三个组成部分：（1）在第1-5年，我们将 对2-18岁吸毒儿童进行横断面评估; (2)在第2年至第5年，我们将对以下患者进行前瞻性1年随访： 11-18岁的儿童;（3）在第一年，我们将纵向 Stanger博士的NIDA小的所有1-18岁儿童的随访 最初于1995年和1996年评估的赠款项目。发现将 用于制定儿童预防干预措施。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) This proposed FIRST project will continue Dr. Stanger's programmatic research on children of drug abusers. The purpose of this study is to identify predictors of adolescent drug use and its correlates among children of dug abusers. Previous research has shown that children of parents receiving treatment for drug abuse are at greater risk for behavioral/emotional problems than matched comparison groups. In particular, children of drug abusers are at risk for conduct problems that are associated with early and persistent drug use. However, not all children of drug abusers show behavioral/emotional problems at the time of their parent's treatment for drug abuse. This project aims to identify risk and protective factors for the onset an persistence of drug use among children of drug abusers. Candidate predictors will include severity of parental drug abuse, family environment and parenting, child behavioral/emotional problems and deviant attitudes, peer influences, and demographic variables. We will assess children's behavioral/emotional problems, drug use, and antisocial behavior via standardized rating forms from: (1) a parent or parent figure who is receiving treatment for drug abuse; (2) a second parent figure in the home; 93) the child's teacher and (4) children age 11 years and older. Study sites included Burlington, VT, Houston, Philadelphia, New York, and Denver. This study will extend and expand findings from Dr. Stanger's NIDA small grant project. Advances in this First proposal includes assessing the children directly, assessing important mediators and moderators of parental drug abuse on children's problems, assessing drug abuse and delinquency outcomes, and assessing similar constructs at both Time 1 and Time 2. The project includes three components: (1) in Years 1-5, we will do a cross-sectional assessment of 2-18-year-old children of drug abusers; (2) in Years 2 through 5, we will do a prospective 1-year follow-up of children aged 11-18 years; and (3) in Year 1, we will do longitudinal follow-up of all children aged 1-18 years from Dr. Stanger's NIDA small grant project who were originally assessed in 1995 and 1996. Findings will be used to develop preventative interventions for children.