Mathibela Faith, Masombuka Jan
Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
Health SA. 2025 Feb 28;30:2787. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v30i0.2787. eCollection 2025.
The increase of adolescent substance use disorders (SUDs) around the world has a lot of negative effects on the parents and frequently degrades their quality of life. Substance use disorder is a critical issue recognised as a chronic, complex health and social condition. Parents of adolescents recovering from SUD may suffer significantly as a result of the wide range of negative emotions that come with having adolescents recovering from SUD. From the extant literature, there is little evidence of the strategies used to address the support needs of parents who carry the burden of adolescent SUD care.
The authors focused on exploring the support needs of parents living with adolescents recovering from SUD.
The study was conducted in Tshwane, where they struggling with adolescent SUD issues, making it challenging to foster stable communities and social cohesion. Data were collected at the three in-patient treatment centres.
Qualitative reseach was used to understand the phenomenon using ecological systems theory. The researchers conducted face to face interviews with parents, employing semi-structured method through purposive sampling.
The findings highlighted the following themes: The findings highlighted the following them: experiences of parenting an adolescent recovering from SUD, the support needed for parents and the desired services to help them cope.
Parents expressed feeling overwhelmed and struggling to cope with adolescents recovering from SUD.
The study benefits the social work profession in the field of substance dependency by finding ways to support parents of adolescents recovering from SUD.
全球青少年物质使用障碍（SUDs）的增加对父母产生了诸多负面影响，并常常降低他们的生活质量。物质使用障碍是一个被认可的关键问题，是一种慢性、复杂的健康和社会状况。患有物质使用障碍的青少年康复过程中，父母可能会因伴随而来的各种负面情绪而遭受重大痛苦。从现有文献来看，几乎没有证据表明有哪些策略可用于满足承担青少年物质使用障碍护理负担的父母的支持需求。
作者专注于探索与正在从物质使用障碍中康复的青少年一起生活的父母的支持需求。
该研究在茨瓦内进行，当地正为青少年物质使用障碍问题所困扰，这对建立稳定社区和社会凝聚力构成挑战。数据在三个住院治疗中心收集。
采用定性研究方法，运用生态系统理论来理解这一现象。研究人员通过目的抽样法，采用半结构化方法与父母进行面对面访谈。
研究结果突出了以下主题：抚养正在从物质使用障碍中康复的青少年的经历、父母所需的支持以及帮助他们应对的期望服务。
父母表示感到不堪重负，难以应对正在从物质使用障碍中康复的青少年。
该研究通过找到支持正在从物质使用障碍中康复的青少年的父母的方法，使社会工作专业在物质依赖领域受益。
