Recovery support mediates the relationship between parental warmth and quality of life among women with substance use disorders.
Historically, recovery from substance use disorders (SUD) has focused exclusively on the use or non-use of the addictive substance(s). More recently, SAMSHA [1] has defined recovery in a more holistic way, using quality of life (QoL) as a measure of recovery for individuals with substance use and mental health disorders. However, little is known about the myriad experiences that inform and affect QoL for individuals with substance use disorders. Using an attachment informed stress-buffering framework, the purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of parental warmth and recovery support to QoL among women in substance abuse treatment.



Linear regression and bootstrapping were used to examine direct and mediated effects of parental warmth and recovery support on QoL among 318 women recruited from three inner-city women-only addiction treatment programs. Relationships were assessed across three domains of quality of life: physical, psychological, and social.



Parental warmth and recovery support were directly associated with psychological and social QoL, when controlling for the influence of trauma symptoms. Recovery support mediated the relationship between parental warmth and QoL across psychological and social QoL domains.



Findings suggest that interventions that focus on attachment-related constructs to enhance recovery support may improve quality of life among women with SUD.
School of Social Work, Wayne State University, 5447 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA. fb7139@wayne.edu.
Suzanne
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Brown
School of Social Work, Wayne State University, 5447 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.|Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, 71 East Ferry Street, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
Bryan
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Victor
School of Social Work, Wayne State University, 5447 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.|Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, 71 East Ferry Street, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
Laurel M
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Hicks
Case Western Reserve Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 11235 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Elizabeth M
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Tracy
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*
Parental warmth; Quality of life; Recovery support; Substance dependence; Women