Groenewald Candice, Bhana Arvin
a Human Sciences Research Council , Durban , South Africa.
b Health Systems Research Unit , South African Medical Research Council , Durban , South Africa.
Contemp Nurse. 2017 Aug;53(4):421-435. doi: 10.1080/10376178.2017.1361854. Epub 2017 Aug 10.
Adolescent substance abuse significantly impacts on the lives of mothers. This paper explores the coping responses of mothers whose adolescents have been admitted to treatment for substance abuse.
A multiple case study design was adopted and the data were collected through one-on-one interviews facilitated by the Lifegrid. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to interrogate the data.
Coping emerged as a complex construct in our analysis. The mothers' used problem-focused and emotion-focused coping in different combinations of withdrawing, tolerating and engaged coping responses. The mothers' coping responses were also influenced by individual and relational factors like subjective distress and the mother-adolescent relationship.
We argue that research and practice initiatives should consider using a multidimensional perspective of parental coping that recognises the heterogeneity of mothers' coping responses. Impact statement: The current paper offers new insights into the complexities of mothers' coping responses to adolescent substance abuse.
青少年药物滥用对母亲的生活有重大影响。本文探讨青少年因药物滥用入院治疗的母亲的应对反应。
采用多案例研究设计，通过由Lifegrid协助的一对一访谈收集数据。运用解释现象学分析来审视数据。
在我们的分析中，应对是一个复杂的概念。母亲们采用了以问题为中心和以情绪为中心的应对方式，这些应对方式以不同的组合呈现，包括回避、容忍和积极应对。母亲们的应对反应还受到个人和关系因素的影响，如主观痛苦和母婴关系。
我们认为研究和实践举措应考虑采用多维视角看待父母的应对方式，认识到母亲应对反应的异质性。影响声明：本文为母亲应对青少年药物滥用的复杂性提供了新见解。
