TY - JOUR
T1 - Methamphetamine-Involved Parents in the Child Welfare System
T2 - Are They More Challenging Than Other Substance-Involved Parents?
AU - Carlson, Bonnie E.
AU - Williams, Lela Rankin
AU - Shafer, Michael S.
PY - 2012/6/1
Y1 - 2012/6/1
N2 - Although methamphetamine use has been declining, it continues to be problematic among parents in the child welfare system. We examined the assertion that parental methamphetamine use is more detrimental for children than abuse of other substances. Using administrative data (N = 2,465) from a treatment program, we compared parents reporting abuse of methamphetamine (48%) with parents reporting alcohol only (11%) or abuse of other illegal drugs (41%) on a number of variables. Methamphetamine users were more likely to be female, White, have less education, be unemployed, and not be in a committed relationship, and their children were significantly more likely to be placed.
AB - Although methamphetamine use has been declining, it continues to be problematic among parents in the child welfare system. We examined the assertion that parental methamphetamine use is more detrimental for children than abuse of other substances. Using administrative data (N = 2,465) from a treatment program, we compared parents reporting abuse of methamphetamine (48%) with parents reporting alcohol only (11%) or abuse of other illegal drugs (41%) on a number of variables. Methamphetamine users were more likely to be female, White, have less education, be unemployed, and not be in a committed relationship, and their children were significantly more likely to be placed.
KW - child maltreatment
KW - methamphetamine
KW - substance abuse
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U2 - 10.1080/15548732.2012.683361
DO - 10.1080/15548732.2012.683361
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863940718
VL - 6
SP - 280
EP - 295
JO - Computer-Aided Design and Applications
JF - Computer-Aided Design and Applications
SN - 1686-4360
IS - 3
ER -