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Trauma-related risk factors for substance abuse among male versus female young adults

2008; Elsevier BV; Volume: 34; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.11.009

1873-6327

Carla Kmett Danielson, Ananda B. Amstadter, Ruth E. Dangelmaier, Heidi S. Resnick, Benjamin E. Saunders, Dean G. Kilpatrick,

Child Abuse and Trauma

Clinical efforts to reduce risk for Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) among young adults rely on the empirical identification of risk factors for addictive behaviors in this population.Traumatic events, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in particular, have been linked with SUDs in various populations.Emerging data, particularly from adolescent samples, suggest that traumatic event exposure increases risk for SUDs for young women, but not young men.The purpose of the current study was to examine trauma-related risk factors for alcohol and drug abuse among a national sample of young adults and compare such risk factors between men and women.Participants were 1,753 young adults who participated in the 7-8 year follow-up telephone-based survey to the original National Survey of Adolescents.In the full sample, 29.1% met criteria for substance abuse.Traumarelated risk factors for alcohol and drug abuse differed for men and women.Clinical implications of these results are discussed.