title: Latino Mother/Daughter Dyadic Attachment as a Mediator for Substance Use Disorder and Emotional Abuse.
abstract: To date, no studies have investigated emotional abuse of adult Latina women by their mothers despite evidence that emotional maternal abuse may significantly contribute to the emotional abuse experienced by Latina women in their lifetime. Cross-sectional data including 316 women was analyzed using mediation and logistic regression. Overall, 7.1 % of mothers and 24.1 % of daughters abused drugs; and, 19.5 % of daughters were emotionally abused by their mothers. Mother's attachment to her daughter mediated the association between mother's drug abuse and emotionally abusing her adult daughter (indirect effect: 0.863). Latina women can serve as perpetrators of emotional abuse of their adult children. Since drug-abusing daughters are more likely to be victims of emotional abuse by their mothers and drug-abusing mothers are more likely to abuse their daughters, drug-rehabilitation practitioners should incorporate a family abuse component into rehabilitation programs.
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on U.S. Latinos HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street. AHC5 422, Miami, FL, 33199, USA. mkanamor@fiu.edu.
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanamori
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on U.S. Latinos HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street. AHC5 422, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on U.S. Latinos HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street. AHC5 422, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De La Rosa
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on U.S. Latinos HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street. AHC5 422, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Trepka
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on U.S. Latinos HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street. AHC5 422, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Patria
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on U.S. Latinos HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street. AHC5 422, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melton
authors.affiliation: Center for Labor Research and Studies, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Alayne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Unterberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D032721:Adult Children / Q000208:ethnology*; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000208:ethnology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*
keywords: Dyadic attachment; Emotional abuse; Latinos; Substance use disorders