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Asian Americans' childhood emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and opioid use: Distress intolerance as moderator.

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Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Pub Date : 2024-12-15 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2024.2440612

Naru Kang, Xiaoyin Liu, Lydia H R Ahn, Thomas P Le

{"title":"Asian Americans' childhood emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and opioid use: Distress intolerance as moderator.","authors":"Naru Kang, Xiaoyin Liu, Lydia H R Ahn, Thomas P Le","doi":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2440612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2024.2440612","url":null,"abstract":"Asian Americans are highly underrepresented in opioid use research, despite recent studies demonstrating the presence of opioid use behaviors in Asian Americans and distinct negative outcomes of opioid use among Asian Americans in comparison to White adults. Emotional abuse and emotional neglect are important risk factors that may impact opioid use. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate (a) the associations between childhood emotional trauma (emotional abuse and emotional neglect) and opioid use, and (b) the role of distress intolerance as a moderator. 279 Asian American participants completed an online remote survey. Our findings revealed that childhood emotional abuse and emotional neglect were both significantly and positively associated with opioid use. We found that distress intolerance moderated the association between childhood emotional abuse and opioid use such that at low levels of emotional abuse, participants who exhibited greater distress intolerance displayed greater opioid use. These findings indicate that emotional abuse and neglect are specific forms of childhood trauma that are significantly associated with opioid use, perhaps as a maladaptive coping mechanism that capitalizes on the analgesic effects of opioids on the psychological pain from childhood emotional trauma. Additionally, marginalized populations that demonstrate distress intolerance may suffer negative health outcomes such as opioid use.","PeriodicalId":15812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142828873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A 7-year study of workplace drug testing in two major cities in Türkiye.

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Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Pub Date : 2024-12-15 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2024.2439391

Rukiye Aslan, Duygu Yesim Ovat, Asli Atasoy Aydin, Ismail Ethem Goren, Yusuf Kurtulmus, Inci Saglam, Cengiz Cengisiz, Nebile Daglioglu, Serap Annette Akgur

{"title":"A 7-year study of workplace drug testing in two major cities in Türkiye.","authors":"Rukiye Aslan, Duygu Yesim Ovat, Asli Atasoy Aydin, Ismail Ethem Goren, Yusuf Kurtulmus, Inci Saglam, Cengiz Cengisiz, Nebile Daglioglu, Serap Annette Akgur","doi":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2439391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2024.2439391","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Workplace Drug Testing (WDT) is a worldwide practice that is crucial in anti-drug efforts. This study aimed to provide compherensive information about the WDT applications in Türkiye with data obtained from two major cities in two different regions of Türkiye.Methods: The retrospective assessment of forensic toxicological analysis results in urine, hair or urine&hair samples collected from 220 WDT cases in İzmir (3rd largest city) and Adana (5th largest city) from 2016 to 2022 years was carried. The screening and confirmation analysis were performed with immunoassay and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), respectively.Results: Cases with a positive result from one of urine or hair tests were accepted as positive. 20.5% (n = 45) of the cases were detected positive, and most applicants were identified as drivers (84.4%, n = 38). Urine samples of 23.5% (n = 52) were screened by immunoassay, and THC (n = 1) and opiate (n = 1) were detected. In the LC-MS/MS analysis, benzodiazepines were detected most in urine as a single substance, while cannabinoids and codeine were detected in the hair. Multidrug combinations used in treatment were detected in urine and hair. It was detected both alone and among the substances accompanying cannabinoids and amphetamines.Conclusions: This study presents 7-year WDT results of two different major cities in Türkiye. The method of WDT application differs across the country so a standard procedure should be performed. In our country, where zero tolerance against substance use is adopted, the detection of illegal and controlled substances in cases clearly shows that WDT practice should be routinized.","PeriodicalId":15812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142828870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Mindfulness and resilience as serial mediators of links between childhood psychological maltreatment and substance misuse.

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Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2024.2440086

Sinan Okur, Ümüt Arslan, Begüm Satıcı, M Engin Deniz

{"title":"Mindfulness and resilience as serial mediators of links between childhood psychological maltreatment and substance misuse.","authors":"Sinan Okur, Ümüt Arslan, Begüm Satıcı, M Engin Deniz","doi":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2440086","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2440086","url":null,"abstract":"Substance misuse is a seriously risky behavior in young adulthood. To protect and support the psychological health of university students, the risk factors and protective factors related to substance misuse should be examined. This study aims to examine the serial mediating role of mindfulness and resilience in the relationship between childhood psychological maltreatment and substance misuse. The sample of the study consists of a total of 383 university students, 269 female (70.2%) and 114 male (29.8%), aged between 18 and 28 years (M = 20.849, SD = 1.773). Research findings have proven that childhood psychological maltreatment is an important predictor of mindfulness, resilience, and substance misuse. The following results revealed that mindfulness and resilience played a partially serial mediating role in the relationship between childhood psychological maltreatment and substance misuse. The findings indicated that childhood psychological maltreatment is an important risk factor for substance misuse, and mindfulness and resilience may be protective factors in this relationship. All these results suggest that psychoeducational interventions that increase the mindfulness and resilience levels of young adults may contribute to alleviating substance misuse in individuals exposed to childhood psychological maltreatment.","PeriodicalId":15812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142818298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Risky behaviors in Ethiopian university students and its relationship with loneliness and coping self-efficacy.

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Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Pub Date : 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2024.2436892

Aman Sado Elemo, Meskerem Cheru Temtime

{"title":"Risky behaviors in Ethiopian university students and its relationship with loneliness and coping self-efficacy.","authors":"Aman Sado Elemo, Meskerem Cheru Temtime","doi":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2436892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2024.2436892","url":null,"abstract":"Research shows that risky behavior peaks in young adulthood, endangering young adult's mental health and making it difficult for them to grow up to be responsible members of society. As a result, this study aimed to adapt the Risk Behavior Scale into Amharic and examine the relationships between risky behaviors, loneliness, and coping self-efficacy. A cross-sectional research design was used and convenience sampling was employed to gather data from a total of 242 Ethiopian university students. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was carried out to test the factor structures of the Risky Behaviors Scale. The CFA results validated the scale's four-factor structures (χ2 = 435, df = 183, (p < .001), CFI = 0.94, TLI = 0.91, RMSEA = 0.08, and SRMR =0.05). This would make it possible for mental health experts to research the psychological impacts of risky behaviors (alcohol use, suicidality, drug use, and khat use) in Ethiopian young adults. The findings of hierarchical regression analysis revealed that male gender and loneliness were predictors of risky behavior. This research holds significant implications for interventions that attempt to reduce loneliness in young adults to alter their vulnerabilities to risky behaviors.","PeriodicalId":15812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142794803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black African youth and homelessness in Toronto.

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Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Pub Date : 2024-12-03 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2024.2412031

Dionisio Nyaga, Rose Ann Torres, Zeel Bhaveshkumar Patel, Toni-Ann Chantelle Allen, Alicia James

{"title":"Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black African youth and homelessness in Toronto.","authors":"Dionisio Nyaga, Rose Ann Torres, Zeel Bhaveshkumar Patel, Toni-Ann Chantelle Allen, Alicia James","doi":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2412031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2024.2412031","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative narrative study investigates how social services among African immigrant youth in Toronto can be reimagined and provided in intersectional ways that are just and responsive to their specific and unique needs. The study interviewed 6 African Youths living in Toronto. The study employed an eclectic theory to argue for reimagining of policy that drive homelessness in Canada. The themes that came out of this study are: Homelessness is not African, The walls are squeezing me: Intersectional homelessness. African values and spiritualities are my survival tactic and policy resolution. The study calls all social work researchers and practitioners to work with African communities in providing social services that are attuned to African lived realities, values, and histories rather than relying on market-branded solutions for the \"African problem,\" such as cultural competency frameworks that continue to mark and market African bodies for profit. The study employs an African-centered perspective to bring forth new approaches to African bodies in diaspora. The study looks at homelessness as a neoliberal concept intended to designate some bodies as improper and out of place while equally producing profit for the capital. Based on African immigrant youth narratives, homelessness is a foreign term in African cosmogonies since African people live with nature.","PeriodicalId":15812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142769497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluation of women's smoking and hookah use in the context of gender: A men's perspective. 从性别角度评估女性吸烟和使用水烟的情况：男性视角。

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Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2024.2431716

Mehmet Ali Şen, Eda Yakıt Ak, Ezgi Yaraşır

{"title":"Evaluation of women's smoking and hookah use in the context of gender: A men's perspective.","authors":"Mehmet Ali Şen, Eda Yakıt Ak, Ezgi Yaraşır","doi":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2431716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2024.2431716","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: This study aims to evaluate women's smoking and hookah use from a male perspective in the context of gender.Method: The study was completed with a total of 716 male participants. Data were collected with the Introductory Information Form, Fagerström Nicotine Dependence Test (FNDT), Lebanon Hookah Dependence Scale (LHDS-11), and Social Gender Perception Scale (SGPS) and evaluated with the correlation between them.Results: The mean age of the male participants was 34.93 ± 12.95 years. Among them, 42.4% had completed high school, and 50.8% were married. A significant correlation was observed between the SGPS total scores of the participants and the following variables: age, marital status, employment status, and the type of family in which the participants were raised (p < 0.05). The participants did not perceive a woman who smoked cigarettes or a hookah to be free or strong. Additionally, they asserted that a woman who smoked was incapable of having healthy children. The total score on the FNDS for the male participants was found to be positively correlated with the LHDS-11 (r = .372) and negatively correlated with the SGPS (r = -0.186). The correlation between the LHDS-11 total score and the SGPS was found to be very weak and negative (r = -0.088), with a p-value less than 0.05.Conclusion: The findings indicated that male respondents perceived women's smoking and hookah use to be incongruent with social norms. It was determined that the participants generally evaluated cigarette and hookah use negatively, citing social reasons as the primary motivation rather than health concerns.","PeriodicalId":15812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142710376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Negative emotional reactivity to racial/ethnic stress among Black adults who smoke. 吸烟的黑人成年人对种族/民族压力的消极情绪反应。

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Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2024.2428591

Michael J Zvolensky, Bryce K Clausen, Jessica M Thai, Brooke Y Redmond, Lorra Garey

{"title":"Negative emotional reactivity to racial/ethnic stress among Black adults who smoke.","authors":"Michael J Zvolensky, Bryce K Clausen, Jessica M Thai, Brooke Y Redmond, Lorra Garey","doi":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2428591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2024.2428591","url":null,"abstract":"Black/African American (hereafter, Black) adults who smoke are at risk for tobacco-related health disparities in the United States (US). Although racial-based stressors (e.g., discrimination) are associated with smoking among this group, past work has not characterized individual differences in negative emotional reactivity to racial/ethnic stress in terms of smoking. The present investigation sought to address this limitation and evaluate the incremental validity of negative emotional reactivity to racial/ethnic stress on smoking processes after accounting for clinically important covariates. Participants included 517 Black individuals from the US who endorsed daily cigarette smoking (≥5 cigarettes per day, Mage = 45.1 years of age, 51.5% female). Results indicated that negative emotional reactivity to racial/ethnic minority stress was associated with an increased risk of severity of problems when quitting (ΔR2 = .01), perceived barriers for smoking cessation (ΔR2 = .03), and addictive (ΔR2 = .03) as well as negative mood reduction smoking motives (ΔR2 = .04); with effects evident after adjusting for frequency of racial/ethnic discrimination and other factors (e.g., drug use problems). Overall, the present findings provide novel empirical evidence that negative emotional reactivity to racial/ethnic minority stress among Black adults in the US is associated with several smoking processes implicated in the maintenance and relapse of smoking.","PeriodicalId":15812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142622069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"More stress, more addiction?" The relationship between stress and relapse of male individuals with drug addiction: A chain mediation model. "压力越大，毒瘾越大？压力与男性吸毒者复吸之间的关系：链式调解模型

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Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2024.2415449

Hui Guo, Chuyi Tan, Xiaoqing Zeng

{"title":"\"More stress, more addiction?\" The relationship between stress and relapse of male individuals with drug addiction: A chain mediation model.","authors":"Hui Guo, Chuyi Tan, Xiaoqing Zeng","doi":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2415449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2024.2415449","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to investigate the mechanism of relapse tendency in male drug abusers and provide empirical evidence for reducing relapse tendency of drug abusers. A survey was conducted on 310 male individuals with drug addiction using Chinese Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS), Simple Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ), the Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Relapse Tendency Scale (RTS). (1) Stress is significantly positively correlated with the relapse tendency of individuals with drug addiction; (2) Stress indirectly affects relapse tendency through regulatory emotional self-efficacy; (3) Regulatory emotional self-efficacy can directly and negatively predict relapse tendency, and can also indirectly and negatively predict relapse tendency through coping style. Stress coping theory, tension elimination theory, and the self-administration hypothesis are applicable to explain the tendency to relapse due to stress among compulsory isolated drug abusers in China; Regulatory emotional self-efficacy and coping style play a chain mediating role between stress and relapse tendency of male individuals with drug addiction.","PeriodicalId":15812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142545828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dyspnea, respiratory muscle strength, cough capacity, and sleep quality in individuals with substance use disorder. 药物使用障碍患者的呼吸困难、呼吸肌强度、咳嗽能力和睡眠质量。

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Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2024.2417235

Beyzanur Dikmen Hoşbaş, Rüstem Mustafaoğlu, Ceyda Şişman Ünlü, Cemal Onur Noyan

{"title":"Dyspnea, respiratory muscle strength, cough capacity, and sleep quality in individuals with substance use disorder.","authors":"Beyzanur Dikmen Hoşbaş, Rüstem Mustafaoğlu, Ceyda Şişman Ünlü, Cemal Onur Noyan","doi":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2417235","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2417235","url":null,"abstract":"There is evidence that substance use and smoking cause some adverse effects on the respiratory system. The aim of this study was to assess dyspnea severity, respiratory muscle strength, cough capacity, and sleep quality in people with substance use disorder (SUD). Forty eight individuals with SUD and 28 active cigarette smokers participated in the study. Participants' dyspnea severity was assessed using the Modified Medical Research Council Scale, respiratory muscle strength was measured with a portable electronic mouth pressure device, peak cough flow was assessed with a Peak Flow Meter, and sleep quality was determined using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The amount of daily cigarette smoking and dyspnea severity were significantly higher in individuals with SUD (p < .001). Peak cough flow values, maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP), maximum expiratory pressure (MEP), MIP (%predicted), and MEP (%predicted) were not significantly different between the SUD patients and the active cigarette smokers (p > .05). However, PSQI sub-parameters such as subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, habitual sleep efficiency, use of sleeping medication, and total scores showed significant differences between the SUD patients and the active cigarette smokers (p < .05, p < .001, p = .03, p < .001, p < .001, respectively). Individuals with SUD were found to have higher dyspnea and poorer sleep quality than active smokers. However, respiratory muscle strength and cough capacities were similar.","PeriodicalId":15812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142467242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sociopsychological factors of drug abuse among young females in Bangladesh and gender-specific vulnerabilities: Aligning with SDG 3 and SDG 5. 孟加拉国年轻女性滥用药物的社会心理因素和不同性别的脆弱性：与可持续发展目标 3 和可持续发展目标 5 保持一致。

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Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse Pub Date : 2024-10-20 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2024.2414459

Md Abdul Momen, Shamsul Huq Bin Shahriar, Seyama Sultana

{"title":"Sociopsychological factors of drug abuse among young females in Bangladesh and gender-specific vulnerabilities: Aligning with SDG 3 and SDG 5.","authors":"Md Abdul Momen, Shamsul Huq Bin Shahriar, Seyama Sultana","doi":"10.1080/15332640.2024.2414459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2024.2414459","url":null,"abstract":"Drug consumption among young women in Bangladesh is increasing day by day. The research aims to analyze the factors influencing young females to take drugs in Bangladesh. This exploratory study was carried out using a qualitative research method. Primary data were collected via in-depth interviews. Seventeen addicted young women from Bangladesh were chosen for this study by a snowball sampling technique. The data from the interviews were thoroughly examined. Intimate relationships with family and friends have the greatest impact on women's drug use. Aligning with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 and SDG target 3.5, the study underscores the critical need for gender-sensitive approaches to address the unique vulnerabilities faced by young women. The findings revealed several factors that significantly impacted drug consumption among young women in Bangladesh, including the influence of social groups and peers, family-related issues, inadequate awareness and education on drugs, the ready availability of drugs, and psychological factors such as stress and curiosity. Additionally, women who use drugs often face severe social stigma and gender-based violence, which deters them from seeking help and exacerbates their addiction. Limited access to health services due to economic and societal constraints further hinders their ability to receive proper care and support. Implementing strategies that address these gender-specific factors will not only help mitigate drug abuse but also contribute to improved public health outcomes and advance sustainable development.","PeriodicalId":15812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142467243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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