title: Coping strategies and continued drug use among methadone maintenance patients.
abstract: Drug addiction has been conceived as a maladaptive means of coping utilized by individuals unable or unwilling to deal with stresses in more adaptive ways. Although a growing body of evidence supports the link between alcohol abuse and maladaptive coping styles, there is relatively little empirical support for the connection between maladaptive coping and other kinds of drug use. The present study employed a cross-sectional design to assess coping and drug use in a sample of 276 methadone maintenance patients. Structural equation modeling was used to assess the factor structure of the coping measure and the relationship between coping and unauthorized drug use. The results suggest that coping and drug use are related in this population and that this relationship is different for Black patients than for White patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19102-1192, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Belding
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Iguchi
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lakin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Terry
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone