Historique
Périodique
Adversity among drug users : relationship to impulsivity
(Relation entre impulsivité et évènements de vie traumatisants chez les usagers de drogues)
Auteur(s) :
HAYAKI, J. ;
STEIN, M. D. ;
LASSOR J. A. ;
HERMAN, B. H. ;
ANDERSON, B. J.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
65-71
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
32
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
PSYCHOTROPES
;
DEPENDANCE
;
TROUBLES DU COMPORTEMENT
;
FACTEUR DE VULNERABILITE
;
COMORBIDITE
;
TRAUMATISME
;
PRECARITE
;
EMOTIONS
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2005, 78, (1), 65-71
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Illicit substance users experience adverse life events, but few studies have examined the role of impulsivity in these events. The present investigation sought to establish a link between negative life experiences and a trait measure of impulsivity and demonstrate that this association remains even accounting for potential confounds. Participants were 330 heroin and cocaine users recruited from the community for a health service research study. Participants completed a structured interview that assessed topics including drug and alcohol use, impulsivity, and negative life events. This group of drug users reported high rates of adverse life events in the 6 months prior to the assessment. No specific substance abuse/dependence diagnosis or combination of diagnoses was associated with adversity. Number of substance-related diagnoses was associated with adverse life events, but not when adjusting for impulsivity. Experience of these events was significantly associated with impulsivity (p < .001), above and beyond the shared relation with demographic variables, substance abuse and dependence, and number of substance-related diagnoses. These findings document the high frequencies of recent adverse life events among illicit drug users and indicate that trait impulsivity is associated with increased risk of these life events. (Review's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Brown Med. Sch., Div. Gen. Internal Med., Rhode Island Hosp., 593 Eddy St., Providence, RI 02903
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.