Department of Educational School and Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
School of Social Work, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2024 Nov;52(8):1078-1090. doi: 10.1002/jcop.23093. Epub 2023 Oct 4.
Using General Strain Theory, this study investigates the effects of vicarious trauma exposure and perceived social support on nonmedical codeine syrup misuse among Black incarcerated men nearing community re-entry. Data were drawn from the Helping Incarcerated Men project, a study examining mental health, substance misuse, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors among Black men living in prisons who were within 180 days of release. A total of 200 Black men self-reported demographics (i.e., age and length of incarceration after age 18), vicarious trauma exposure (e.g., ever witnessing an assault with a weapon and a sudden accidental death), perceived social support, and nonmedical codeine syrup misuse. Findings from the logistic regression analysis showed witnessing an assault with a weapon and a sudden accidental death increased the likelihood of codeine syrup misuse. Perceived social support was not associated with codeine syrup misuse. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
本研究运用一般应激理论，探讨替代性创伤经历和感知社会支持对即将重返社区的黑人监禁男性非医疗用可待因糖浆滥用的影响。数据来自于“帮助监禁男性”项目，该项目旨在研究生活在监狱中的黑人男性的心理健康、物质滥用和人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）风险行为，这些男性在释放后 180 天内。共有 200 名黑人男性自我报告了人口统计学数据（即年龄和 18 岁后入狱的时间）、替代性创伤经历（例如，是否目睹过带有武器的攻击和突然的意外死亡）、感知社会支持以及非医疗用可待因糖浆滥用情况。逻辑回归分析的结果表明，目睹带有武器的攻击和突然的意外死亡增加了可待因糖浆滥用的可能性。感知社会支持与可待因糖浆滥用无关。讨论了对实践和未来研究的影响。
