Understanding Addiction

Järvinen, Margaretha

doi:10.1177/0192513x13513027

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“…According to the children, they only saw a person who betrayed their children and who chose drugs rather than the child. These ways of understanding substance use are common among most people; they see the use of substances as voluntary and often connected to weak or morally bad persons (Henden, ; Järvinen, ). The informants did, to some extent, understand their parents' substance use the same way when they were children.…”

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Growing up with parental substance use disorder: The struggle with complex emotions, regulation of contact, and lack of professional support

Wangensteen

Bramness

Halsa

2018

Child & Family Social Work

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The aim of the study was to explore young people's perceptions and reflections about growing up with parents who have substance use disorder (SUD). In qualitative interviews with 12 young people (aged 13–26) and in an interpretative phenomenological analysis, we investigated their experiences of everyday life, of the relationships with the parents with SUD, and of conversations about this, both retrospectively and at the present. The findings indicated that the relationships with the parents largely occupied the informants, even when they lived separately from the parent and were protected from the daily exposure of substance use. The informants described their mixed and contradictory emotions towards their parents and the struggle to determine regulation and type of contact. They asked for professional support in order to help them cope with this. Sociocultural discourses concerning family life and substance use were discussed in an attempt to understand the findings. The findings of the study suggest that children and young people should be offered sufficient professional support in order to cope with their mixed and contradictory emotions and to determine the regularity and type of contact with the parents.

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confidence: 99%

Growing up with parental substance use disorder: The struggle with complex emotions, regulation of contact, and lack of professional support

Wangensteen

Bramness

Halsa

2018

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Jarvinen, however, did explore possible ways out of alcohol addiction based on the family's resource factors. She identi ed three resource factors in families with alcohol-addicted members: 1) communication with healthy relatives and friends; 2) hobbies; and 3) the ability to make positive plans for the future (Jarvinen, 2015). However, her study lacked a control group, and thus did not allow the identi cation of speci c resource factors for people with alcohol-addicted parents.…”

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Resource Factors Allowing People with Alcohol-addicted Parents to Overcome Their Negative Emotions: A Latent Variable Model and Content Analysis

Spivakovskaya¹,

Lutsenko²

2021

Psych. Rus.

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Background. People with alcohol-addicted parents are at risk of psychoactive addictions, co-dependency, and suicidal behavior. Most studies of these people are aimed at confirming the inevitability of the impact of negative childhood experiences on their lives, and thus do not seek to identify resource factors which would allow them to overcome the negative emotions they experienced. Objective. The purpose of this study was to create a model of resource factors which would allow people with alcohol-addicted parents to overcome the negative emotions they experienced. Design. The participants were 58 healthy individuals (17 men and 41 women; M=25.2; SD=4.4) whose parents were alcohol addicts (they were participants in the 12-step recovery program "Adult Children of Alcoholics"), and 50 healthy individuals (15 men and 35 women, M=24.2; SD=3.7) whose parents were not alcohol addicts. The participants completed the questionnaires "Interpersonal Guilt," "Family Emotional Communication," and "Coping Strategies," and were interviewed on the resource factors which allowed them to overcome negative emotions. We used the content analysis of the interviews and latent variable modeling to analyze the questionnaires. Results. The model of resource factors (CFI=0.895, RMSEA=0.064) showed that the rules set by the parental dysfunctional family (the taboo on the expressing emotions, and external well-being) were associated with being unable to recognize current negative emotions and with avoiding problems. The ability to recognize negative emotions was connected with the participant’s willingness to accept responsibility for his/her life. The resource factors which allowed these subjects to overcome their negative emotions included: communication with relatives and friends; keeping a diary of emotions; and participating in recovery programs. Conclusion. Our model of resource factors explains the mechanism connecting dysfunctional family rules with the resource factors and negative emotions experienced by people with alcohol-addicted parents.

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“…The resentment and feelings of unfairness in such a parent-child relationship can lead to feelings of animosity even in adulthood for the child. Adult children also expressed feelings of frustration and disdain towards their alcoholic parent, reporting the parent to be selfish and expressing a preference of reduced to nocontact with them (Järvinen, 2013).…”

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The Relationship of Parental Practices and Psychological Distress among Adult Children of Alcoholic Fathers in Pakistan

Suneel

Schwaiger

Nazim

2021

GSSR

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Psychological distress does not develop in isolation; this phenomenon is affected by a multitude of inter and intrapersonal factors, one of which is parental behaviors and parenting practices. Current research aimed to study the relationship between parental practices and psychological health of children of alcoholics. For this purpose,a demographic form, General Health Questionnaire, and Egna Minnen Betraffende Uppfostran were used. The sample was adult children of alcoholics between the age range of 18 to 25 (M=21.40, SD=2.36) and included both males (n=166) and females (n=158) selected through purposive sampling technique. The minimum level of education was matric (16.7percent), and the highest educational level was masters (13.6 percent). Maternal rejection was found to be the strongest predictor for both psychological distress risk and intensity, whereas maternal over protectiveness and emotional warmth were negative predictors of distress risk and intensity. Father's emotional warmth was a strong predictor of psychological distress intensity, and over protectiveness was a strong predictor of psychological distress risk. Findings were discussed in the context of previous research.

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Understanding Addiction

Cited by 20 publications

References 26 publications

Growing up with parental substance use disorder: The struggle with complex emotions, regulation of contact, and lack of professional support

Growing up with parental substance use disorder: The struggle with complex emotions, regulation of contact, and lack of professional support

Resource Factors Allowing People with Alcohol-addicted Parents to Overcome Their Negative Emotions: A Latent Variable Model and Content Analysis

The Relationship of Parental Practices and Psychological Distress among Adult Children of Alcoholic Fathers in Pakistan

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