The rates of illicit drug use
among African American women are increasing, yet African American women are
least likely to participate in treatment for substance use disorders when
compared to women of other racial groups.
The current study examined family
history of substance use, perceived family support, and John Henryism Active
Coping (JHAC) as correlates to seeking treatment for substance abuse. The
underlying theoretical frame of JHAC (James et al., 1983) suggests that despite
limited resources and psychosocial stressors, African Americans believe that
hard work and self-determination are necessary to cope with adversities.
The
current study is a secondary data analyses of 206 drug-using African American
women (N=104 urban community women with no criminal justice
involvement and N=102 women living in the community on supervised probation)
from urban cities in a southern state. It was expected that African American
women with a family history of substance abuse, higher levels of perceived
family support, and more active coping skills would be more likely to have
participated in substance abuse treatment.
Step-wise logistic regression
results reveal that women on probation, had children, and had a family history
of substance abuse were significantly more likely to report participating in
substance abuse treatment.
Perceived family support and active coping were
significant negative correlates of participating in treatment. Implication of
results suggests coping with psychosocial stressors using a self-determined and
persistent coping strategy may be problematic for drug-using women with limited
resources.
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- 1University of Kentucky. Electronic address: d.stevenswatkins@uky.edu.
- 2University of Kentucky.
- 3Florida State University.
- J Subst Abuse Treat. 2016 Apr;63:54-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2016.01.004. Epub 2016 Jan 15.
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