The roles of child maltreatment and fathers in the development of substance use in an at-risk sample of youth: A longitudinal study

Susan Yoon; Julia M. Kobulsky; Sunny H. Shin; Kathryn Coxe

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105130

The roles of child maltreatment and fathers in the development of substance use in an at-risk sample of youth: A longitudinal study

Susan Yoon, Julia M. Kobulsky, Sunny H. Shin, Kathryn Coxe

Department of Social Welfare

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Background: Despite ample cross-sectional evidence linking child maltreatment and father involvement to adolescent substance use, little is known about the longitudinal impact of child maltreatment and father involvement in the developmental course of substance use from early adolescence to late adolescence. Objective: The primary aim of the study was to examine the long-term effects of childhood maltreatment (i.e., maltreatment type, perpetrator identity) and the quality and quantity of father involvement on developmental trajectories of substance use among high-risk youth. Participants and setting: Data were drawn from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect. Study participants included 681 U.S. adolescents who had experienced or were at risk for child maltreatment. Methods: Latent Growth Poisson Modeling was conducted to examine developmental trajectories of substance use at ages 12, 14, 16, and 18. Results: Child emotional abuse and greater quantity of father involvement were associated with a higher initial number of substances used, while higher quality of father-child relationships was associated with a lower initial number of substances used. Emotional abuse and greater quantity of father involvement were associated with slower increases in the number of substances used over time. Conclusions: The findings suggest that engaging fathers and promoting nurturing parenting and positive parent-adolescent interactions may be important for programs and policies aimed to prevent early adolescent substance use initiation. Furthermore, early identification of emotional abuse among adolescents could help to prevent initial polysubstance use onset.

Original language	English
Article number	105130
Journal	Child Abuse and Neglect
Volume	118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105130
State	Published - Aug 2021

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This document includes data from the Consortium of Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN), which was funded by the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN), Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, Dept. of Health and Human Services (The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN). The data were made available by the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and have been used with permission. The collector of the original data, the funder, NDACAN, Cornell University and their agents or employees bear no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations presented here.

Funding Information:
This document includes data from the Consortium of Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN), which was funded by the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN), Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, Dept. of Health and Human Services (The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN). The data were made available by the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and have been used with permission. The collector of the original data, the funder, NDACAN, Cornell University and their agents or employees bear no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations presented here. This research was funded by The Ohio State University Institute for Population Research through a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, P2CHD058484. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD or the NIH.

Funding Information:
This research was funded by The Ohio State University Institute for Population Research through a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development , P2CHD058484 . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD or the NIH.

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Keywords

Adolescence
Child maltreatment
Father involvement
longitudinal
substance use

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