Staton-Tindall Michele, Royse David, Leukfeld Carl
University of Kentucky Department of Behavioral Science and Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2007;33(2):237-43. doi: 10.1080/00952990601174865.
This exploratory study examined the extent to which substance use and criminality influence perceptions of social support. A stratified random sample of 100 incarcerated women in one Kentucky prison participated in face-to-face interviews. Overall, findings indicate that perceptions of social support significantly and negatively correlated with women's severity of substance use and criminal involvement. In addition, the breadth of a respondent's social network was negatively related to the age of first incarceration and to the severity of alcohol and drug use. Findings from this study suggest there is a relationship between severity of substance use, criminality, and perceptions of social support. Implications for substance use research and practice are discussed.
这项探索性研究考察了物质使用和犯罪行为对社会支持认知的影响程度。在肯塔基州一所监狱中，对100名被监禁女性进行分层随机抽样，参与面对面访谈。总体而言，研究结果表明，社会支持认知与女性物质使用的严重程度及犯罪参与程度显著负相关。此外，受访者社交网络的广度与首次入狱年龄以及酒精和药物使用的严重程度呈负相关。本研究结果表明，物质使用严重程度、犯罪行为与社会支持认知之间存在关联。文中还讨论了该研究对物质使用研究和实践的启示。
