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SUBSTANCE ABUSE CYCLE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION FOR CHILDREN OF SUBSTANCE ABUSERS
<p>This research project addresses the substance abuse cycle intervention and prevention strategies used amongst individuals who are a part of generational substance abuse. Participants were recruited from an inpatient drug rehabilitation center in Southern California. Qualitative interviews were …
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ATTRIBUTION
… First, an Attribution of Responsibility for Substance Use scale (ARSU) was developed with a sample of 140 university substance users and 69 substance abusers. Second, this study determined if the actor-observer hypothesis of traditional attribution theory (Jones and Davis, 1965) held using …
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Vulnerability to substance dependence
… sensation seeking (ImpSS) and responsiveness to substance-related stimuli among four hundred individuals (100 alcoholics, 100 heroin abusers, 100 smokers and 100 controls), who each completed questionnaires measuring demographics; substance history; ImpSS levels; addiction severity and mood …
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A question of substance
… This symposium, entitled "An Architecture of Substance" was wholly student initiated, organized, and executed. The symposium was organized around ·an evening lecture series and a student design workshop led by visiting educators. Participants included internationally known architects, …
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Trajectories of substance use and substance use problems in adolescents and young adults
This thesis examines the determinants of substance use behaviours and substance use problems at several stages in adolescence and adulthood. Analysis is based on a large, representative US-based longitudinal data set, the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). The …
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Predicting Alcohol And Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Among Hispanic And African American Substance Abusers
… type and acculturative stress, impact substance abuse treatment outcomes. In this study, African American (n = 171) and Hispanic (n = 101) substance abusers' acculturative type and acculturative stress levels were compared to substance abuse treatment outcome. Although the results …
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Criminality Groups and Substance Abuse
… study was designed to determine whether substance abusers could be differentially characterized by past involvement in crimes and, further, whether there is a relationship between the type of substance abused and the degree of violence of the crimes committed. By comparing the …
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The Substance of Ontological Disputes
There is a large philosophical literature focused on what sorts of things can be said to exist. This field is called ontology. Ontological disputes have sometimes been accused of being merely verbal disputes: that they are concerned only with language and not with facts. Some think that if this …
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Kant's Argument for Permanent Substance
… to claim that there must be permanent phenomenal substances. He needs to account for the possibility of representing reality that we are not now experiencing. He argues that only if substance is permanent can we represent the past. Permanent substance is, therefore, a necessary condition for …
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Changes in Self-Concept and Substance-Related Cognitions During Short-Term Residential Substance Use Treatment
… of evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of substance use treatment in general, only 40-60% of individuals remain abstinent in the year following treatment (McLellan, Lewis, O’Brien, & Klebler, 2000). Less attention has been given to the process of treatment, making it challenging to …
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The victimization-substance relationship: an examination of nonconsensual sexual experiences and post-assault substance use
… revictimization and engaging in post-NSE substance use. Though the risk of college women experiencing NSEs has been well-established, high school women have been mostly overlooked in the literature, especially in relation to revictimization pathways. Substance use post-high school NSE, …
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Posttraumatic Substance Use Disorders (PTSUD): Perceived Causal Relations between Trauma-Related Symptoms and Substance Use Disorders
Substance use disorders (SUD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are frequently comorbid in those who have experienced psychological trauma, although little research has investigated the cause and effect relationships between the two. This thesis examined the co-occurrence of trauma-related …
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In the dark : an experimental study in distinguishing an authentic herbal substance from a sham substance
… experiments to determine whether a credible sham substance could be developed for use in a clinical trial for Chinese herbal medicine. Methods: Three separate studies were undertaken in sequential order between 2009 and 2011, with the second and third study attempting to improve on each previous …
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Religiousness, current substance use, and early risk indicators for substance abuse and dependence among nursing students.
… study were to examine the prevalence of current substance use and early risk indicators for substance abuse and dependence, and to investigate the relationships among religiousness, current substance use, and early risk indicators among nursing students at seven Seventh-day Adventist colleges. …
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The Relation between Substance Use and Medication Adherence among HIV Positive Substance Users in Residential Treatment
… among HIV positive, low-income African-American substance users. Substance use has been shown to be associated with poor medication adherence, though we do not know the mechanism that underlies this relationship. Lack of positive environmental rewards and the propensity to discount delayed …
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Substance abuse education with elite athletes
This study addressed the efficacy of a multimodal substance abuse prevention program with elite-level athletes. By utilizing components of substance abuse information and education, coping skills training, and self-esteem strategies, the study examined the effect of these variables on the …
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Substance abuse amongst Secondary School learners
… of the study was to investigate the effect of substance abuse amongst secondary school learners. This was achieved via a literature study and an empirical study. In the light of the findings certain recommendations which can assist educators, principals, parents and the Department of Education …
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Fetal Attachment Among Pregnant Substance Users
… for intervention at the earliest point in time. Substance use can adversely impact the developing bond between mother and child. The formation of an insecure attachment relationship may place the child at a greater risk for child abuse or neglect. If the mother-child bond can be assessed during …
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The Rhetoric of Substance Use Disorder
… and cultural studies around those with substance use disorder. </p>
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