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Rawha PatelUniversity Centre at Blackburn College
Does having an underprivileged upbringing cause substance abuse in
adulthood?
Why I chose this topico Citizenship coursework in high school
Eminem“The biggest thing about addiction is when you realise
you cannot mess around with nothing ever again. I never understood when people would say it’s a disease.
Like, stop it! It’s not a disease! But I finally realised, it really is”
Johnny Depp"My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific
time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or drugs or with
a professional tattoo artist“
Introductiono Family – Primary holding environmento Peers – Secondary holding environment
o Psychological development (Muisener, 1994)
Statisticso 1 in 3 adults have taken illicit drugs (12 million
people)o 2.5 million 16-24 year olds taken illicit drugs in
their lifetime(Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2012)
o 27% of people reported drinking five days a weeko Further 14% reported drinking every day
(NHS, 2012)
Statisticso 1971 – 8% single parent familieso 1998 – 24% single parent familieso 2011 – 26% single parent families
o 43% of children in single parent families live in relative poverty
o 22% of children in couple families live in relative poverty
(Gingerbread, 2012)
Past Researcho Kostelecky (2005) – Relationship with parents
o Eitle (2005) – Deviant peers
Aim To investigate the relationship between having an underprivileged upbringing and substance abuse in adulthood using a self-created measure.
Hypothesis Children who had anunderprivilegedupbringing would be ata higher risk ofmisusing substances inlater life.
Methodo Two conditions
o 70 participants aged 18-55
o Questionnaire
o Coping strategy scale
Data Collectiono Self created measures
o High reliability and validity
Resultso Significant relationship
o Deprivation factor (t=10.153, df=44.12; p<0.05)o Coping factor (t=8.307, df=68; p<0.05)
Where can it help?o Drugs and alcohol rehabilitation centres
o Psychotherapists
o Schools
o Social services
o Doctors
Thank youAny questions?
Referenceso Boniface, S., & Shelton, N. (2013). How is alcohol consumption affected if we account for under-
reporting? A hypothetical scenario. European Journal of Public Health, 23(3), 1-6. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt016
o Eitle, D. (2005). The moderating effects of peer substance use on the family structure-adolescent substance use association: quantity versus quality of parenting. Addictive Behaviors, 30, 963-980. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.09.015
o Gingerbread. (2012). Statistics, http://www.gingerbread.org.uk/content/365/Statistics, date accessed 20/06/13.
o Home Office. (2012). Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2011 to 2012 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-misuse-declared-findings-from-the-2011-to-2012-crime-survey-for-england-and-wales-csew-second-edition/drug-misuse-declared-findings-from-the-2011-to-2012-crime-survey-for-england-and-wales-csew-second-edition, date accessed 10/06/13.
o Kostelecky, K. L. (2005). Parental attachment, academic achievement, life events and their relationship to alcohol and drug use during adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 28, 665-669. DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.12.006
o Muisener, P. P. (1994). Understanding and treating adolescent substance abuse. USA: SAGE Publications Inc.
o NHS. (2012). Statistics on Alcohol: England, 2012, https://catalogue.ic.nhs.uk/publications/public-health/drug-misuse/drug-misu-eng-2011/drug-misu-eng-2011-rep.pdf, date accessed 09/06/13.
