Effect of Home Environment on Adolescent Substance Use and Depressive Symptoms

• NCJ Number: 169758
• Journal: Journal of Drug Issues Volume: 27 Issue: 4 Dated: (Fall 1997) Pages: 851-877
• Author(s): S S Su; J P Hoffmann; D R Gerstein; R A Johnson
• Date Published: 1997
• Length: 27 pages
• Grant Number(s): DA05617
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article presents findings of research into the effect of home environment on adolescent substance use and depressive symptoms.

Abstract

The article used data from the screening phase and first two waves of a panel study to compare the home environments of families with a substance-abusing parent, families with a depressed parent, and families in a comparison group. Findings suggest that families in which parents display a substance use disorder are very similar to those in which parents suffer from affective disorder, in terms of negative life events and family cohesion. The results of structural equation modeling indicate that parental substance abuse disorder and parental affective disorder influence adolescent substance use and depressive symptoms. In addition, parental substance use disorder had a direct influence on adolescent substance use at the time the first-wave data were collected, but this effect does not persist over time. Figures, table, notes, references