Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Abuse in Young Adults: A Correlational Study
Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been strongly associated with development and prevalence of substance abuse throughout the lifespan. This study provides information regarding different ACEs and its contribution toward substance abuse, which in turn would optimize a better psych...
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| description | Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been strongly associated with development and prevalence of substance abuse throughout the lifespan. This study provides information regarding different ACEs and its contribution toward substance abuse, which in turn would optimize a better psychosocial intervention during childhood.
Objective: This was a cross-sectional comparative study comparing various ACEs in young adults to find out the pattern and extent of substance use in young adults.
Methods: Sixty participants in both case and control group were taken and were given GHQ-12, DAQ, ACE-IQ CPS% SDS and applied using SPSS software.
Result: In cases mean score of GHQ-12, DAQ, and ACE-IQ 9.05, 150.6, and 3.53 while in control 0.600, 55.8, and 0.850, respectively. Most common ACE in cases is community violence at 81.7% followed by alcohol and drug abuser in households at 78.3%. Prevalence of substance uses tobacco 85%, alcohol intake 86.7%, cannabis abuse 20%, opioid 18.3%, and sedative 11.7%.
Discussion: Our study showed that among all substances alcohol and tobacco were the commonest substances of abuse and the findings point to a picture of prevalence of adverse experiences in early life in relation to various sociodemographic factors among adult substance users.
Conclusion: The present study showed that children with history of exposure to multiple adversity should be given high priority for early identification and relief to maintain the quality of their lives and to help develop as healthy productive citizens. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9cfe84920832456599c3cb40f7cae6e62025-08-20T02:28:08ZengJaypee Brothers Medical PublisherIndian Journal of Private Psychiatry2319-53632583-40102022-03-01161293310.5005/jp-journals-10067-01106Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Abuse in Young Adults: A Correlational StudyDileep K Maurya0Pradeep Kumar1Mona Srivastava2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7432-0777Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaMona Srivastava, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Phone: +91 9336910619Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been strongly associated with development and prevalence of substance abuse throughout the lifespan. This study provides information regarding different ACEs and its contribution toward substance abuse, which in turn would optimize a better psychosocial intervention during childhood. Objective: This was a cross-sectional comparative study comparing various ACEs in young adults to find out the pattern and extent of substance use in young adults. Methods: Sixty participants in both case and control group were taken and were given GHQ-12, DAQ, ACE-IQ CPS% SDS and applied using SPSS software. Result: In cases mean score of GHQ-12, DAQ, and ACE-IQ 9.05, 150.6, and 3.53 while in control 0.600, 55.8, and 0.850, respectively. Most common ACE in cases is community violence at 81.7% followed by alcohol and drug abuser in households at 78.3%. Prevalence of substance uses tobacco 85%, alcohol intake 86.7%, cannabis abuse 20%, opioid 18.3%, and sedative 11.7%. Discussion: Our study showed that among all substances alcohol and tobacco were the commonest substances of abuse and the findings point to a picture of prevalence of adverse experiences in early life in relation to various sociodemographic factors among adult substance users. Conclusion: The present study showed that children with history of exposure to multiple adversity should be given high priority for early identification and relief to maintain the quality of their lives and to help develop as healthy productive citizens.https://www.ijiapp.com/doi/IJPP/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10067-0110ace-iqdaqghq-12sociodemographic characters |
| spellingShingle | Dileep K Maurya Pradeep Kumar Mona Srivastava Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Abuse in Young Adults: A Correlational Study Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry ace-iq daq ghq-12 sociodemographic characters |
| title | Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Abuse in Young Adults: A Correlational Study |
| title_full | Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Abuse in Young Adults: A Correlational Study |
| title_fullStr | Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Abuse in Young Adults: A Correlational Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Abuse in Young Adults: A Correlational Study |
| title_short | Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Abuse in Young Adults: A Correlational Study |
| title_sort | adverse childhood experiences and substance abuse in young adults a correlational study |
| topic | ace-iq daq ghq-12 sociodemographic characters |
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