TY - JOUR
T1 - Maltreatment, Coping, and Substance Use in Youth in Foster Care
T2 - Examination of Moderation Models
AU - Gabrielli, Joy
AU - Jackson, Yo
AU - Huffhines, Lindsay
AU - Stone, Katie
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported in part by funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health, RO1 Grant MH079252; the National Institute on Drug Abuse, F31 grant DA034423; and the Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship awarded to Joy Gabrielli. The writing of this article was also supported in part by Joy Gabrielli’s participation in the NIDA T32 fellowship training grant DA037202.
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PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Child maltreatment is associated with negative outcomes such as substance use (SU). This study tested relations among maltreatment history, coping behavior, and SU behavior in youth residing in foster care. Participants were 210 youth (Mage = 12.71 years; SD = 2.95) in foster care who completed self-report measures through an audio computer-assisted self-interview program. Using a structural equation modeling framework and latent measurement constructs, positive associations were identified between maltreatment at baseline and coping behavior outcomes as well as SU behavior outcome approximately 4.5 months later. Specifically, greater severity and chronicity of maltreatment was associated with greater SU behavior as well as indirect action, prosocial, and asocial coping behavior. Maltreatment was not significantly related to direct action coping behavior. In moderation tests, only asocial coping provided a significant interaction effect for SU behavior outcomes; SU behavior did not moderate pathways between maltreatment and coping behavior. For youth in foster care, the coping approach may be varied and relate differentially to SU behavior outcomes, with asocial approaches to coping acting as a buffer for the maltreatment/SU relation. Additionally, SU remains an important target for intervention and prevention in youth residing in foster care.
AB - Child maltreatment is associated with negative outcomes such as substance use (SU). This study tested relations among maltreatment history, coping behavior, and SU behavior in youth residing in foster care. Participants were 210 youth (Mage = 12.71 years; SD = 2.95) in foster care who completed self-report measures through an audio computer-assisted self-interview program. Using a structural equation modeling framework and latent measurement constructs, positive associations were identified between maltreatment at baseline and coping behavior outcomes as well as SU behavior outcome approximately 4.5 months later. Specifically, greater severity and chronicity of maltreatment was associated with greater SU behavior as well as indirect action, prosocial, and asocial coping behavior. Maltreatment was not significantly related to direct action coping behavior. In moderation tests, only asocial coping provided a significant interaction effect for SU behavior outcomes; SU behavior did not moderate pathways between maltreatment and coping behavior. For youth in foster care, the coping approach may be varied and relate differentially to SU behavior outcomes, with asocial approaches to coping acting as a buffer for the maltreatment/SU relation. Additionally, SU remains an important target for intervention and prevention in youth residing in foster care.
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U2 - 10.1177/1077559517741681
DO - 10.1177/1077559517741681
M3 - Article
C2 - 29166770
AN - SCOPUS:85044833162
SN - 1077-5595
VL - 23
SP - 175
EP - 185
JO - Child Maltreatment
JF - Child Maltreatment
IS - 2
ER -