Distinct paths to alcohol problems: Impacts of childhood maltreatment, attachment insecurity, and interpersonal problems

Murase, Hanako; Simons, Raluca M.; Simons, Jeffrey S.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106780

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“…These findings have implications for the design of health promotion interventions. Many interventions to reduce health risk behaviours and conditions, particularly substance misuse and obesity, are focused on the specific health risk with little consideration of comorbid issues such as mental health, family dysfunction and experience of trauma 26,27 . The effectiveness of interventions to reduce health risks may be enhanced by incorporating program design measures to address trauma histories.…”

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The association between child maltreatment and health risk behaviours and conditions throughout life in the Australian Child Maltreatment Study

Lawrence¹,

Hunt²,

Mathews

et al. 2023

Medical Journal of Australia

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Objective: To estimate associations between all five types of child maltreatment (emotional abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and exposure to domestic violence) and health risk behaviours and conditions. Design, setting, participants: Nationally representative survey of Australian residents aged 16 years and older conducted by computer-assisted telephone interviewing.Main outcome measures: Associations between child maltreatment and the following health risk behaviours and conditions: current smoker, binge drinking (at least weekly in past 12 months), cannabis dependence (according to the Cannabis Severity of Dependence Scale), obesity (based on body mass index), selfharm in past 12 months, and suicide attempt in past 12 months.Open access: Open access publishing facilitated by Curtin University, as part of the Wiley -Curtin University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Agency roles:The NHMRC funded the ACMS. The Australian Government and the Australian Institute of Criminology provided supplementary funding for several specific questions. The researchers were independent from the funders.

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confidence: 99%

The association between child maltreatment and health risk behaviours and conditions throughout life in the Australian Child Maltreatment Study

Lawrence¹,

Hunt²,

Mathews

et al. 2023

Medical Journal of Australia

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“…Previous research has highlighted the effects of use of harmful drinking on family relationships, friendships and work colleagues (Walters & Simons, 2020;Murase, Simons & Simons, 2021). The importance of these findings is the indication of how self-medicating low mood with alcohol can have a high impact on interpersonal relationships.…”

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Examining the alcohol-related consequences of adult drinkers who self-report medicating low mood with alcohol: An analysis of the 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions survey data

Hugh

McBride

2021

Alcohol

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“…Childhood trauma is often correlated with insecure attachment styles (Bederian-Gardner et al, 2018;Cooke et al, 2019;Ensink et al, 2020;Murase et al, 2021;Widom et al, 2018), and insecure attachment styles elevate the risk for a broad range of psychological disorders and somatic syndromes in adults (Alonso et al, 2018;Bo, & Kongerslev, 2017;Green et al, 2017;McWilliams, 2017). This line of research has identified the cumulative effects of trauma in adults resulting from repeated abuse and neglect and increasingly defined them as a distinct type of Developmental and Complex Trauma Gallagher et al, 2022;Karatzias et al, 2021;Musicaro et al, 2019;van Dijke et al, 2018) that is associated with traumatic interruptions during sensitive developmental periods.…”

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Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form: Evaluation of Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance

Cruz

2023

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Childhood trauma is known to put individuals at risk for mental and physical challenges later in life. Retrospective assessment of early abuse and neglect is critical for prevention and intervention efforts targeted at reducing the negative impacts of childhood trauma. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) is a widely used measure to assess trauma among adolescents and adults, though there are some inconsistencies with regard to its factor structure and psychometric properties. The purpose of the current study was twofold: 1) to evaluate the hypothesized five-factor structure of CTQ-SF and 2) to test measurement invariance (equivalence) of the instrument across gender and race in a large, nationally representative sample of US adults (N = 863). Confirmatory factor analysis results indicate that the five-factor model fit the data well after some re-specification. The results also show that the five-factor model is generally invariant by gender and racial/ethnic groups and that the form’s subscales positively correlate with depression, anxiety, and abnormal inflammatory biomarker activity. Assessment is critical for the advocacy and treatment of individuals who have experienced abuse and neglect as children and adolescents. Our findings suggest that the CTQ-SF is a valuable tool for assessing childhood trauma and can be used in advocacy and treatment efforts.

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Distinct paths to alcohol problems: Impacts of childhood maltreatment, attachment insecurity, and interpersonal problems

Cited by 11 publications

References 55 publications

The association between child maltreatment and health risk behaviours and conditions throughout life in the Australian Child Maltreatment Study

The association between child maltreatment and health risk behaviours and conditions throughout life in the Australian Child Maltreatment Study

Examining the alcohol-related consequences of adult drinkers who self-report medicating low mood with alcohol: An analysis of the 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions survey data

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form: Evaluation of Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance

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