title: Psychosocial functioning among adult drug users: the role of parental absence, support, and conflict.
abstract: The relationship between perceptions of parental absence, support, and conflict during childhood and psychosocial functioning in adulthood was examined for 411 drug user clients in methadone treatment. History of parental support was related to adult psychosocial functioning and parent-child conflict was related to psychosocial functioning only when parental support was low. Findings indicate parental absence is related to the quality of parental support, which in turn predicts psychosocial functioning in adulthood. Implications for treatment intervention are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth 76129, USA.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giles-Sims
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone