The Prospective Relations Between Drug Problems and Intimacy in a Community Sample of Adults

Autor:	Elisha R. Galaif, Michael D. Newcomb, Jennifer Vargas-Carmona
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Clinical Psychology Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Affection mental disorders Belief system Sample (statistics) Relationship problems Association (psychology) Psychology Conformity media_common Developmental psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 21:129-156
ISSN:	0736-7236
DOI:	10.1521/jscp.21.2.129.22515
Popis:	Three theories (Role Incompatibility Theory, problem behavior theory, and self-medication hypothesis) are tested to explain the prospective relationships between polydrug problems and adult intimacy in a community sample of adults. Polydrug Problems were negatively related to Good Intimate Relations and positively related to divorce. Polydrug Problems increased the degree to which an individual prescribed to a belief system that decreases one's ability to express affection. In contrast, Good Intimate Relations were related to Communality and decreased alcohol problems. Support for Relationship Problems was related to decreased alcohol problems. Although moderate cross-sectional support was found for the third variable hypothesis as Social Conformity eliminated the association between Polydrug Problems and adult intimate relations, Polydrug Problems and divorce remained significantly correlated despite the effect of Social Conformity. Adherence to traditionality was related to increased Good Intimate Relations 4 years later. Theoretical and developmental implications of these findings are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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