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SOME CHILDHOOD ANTECEDENTS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE1

TENNANT, FORREST S., DETELS, ROGER, CLARK, VIRGINIA·1975·American Journal of Epidemiology
DOI 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112176
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Unsatisfactory intrafamilial relationships and child-rearing practices have frequently been implicated as prime determinants of personalities that are susceptible to drug and alcohol abuse. Five thousand forty-four US Army soldiers were surveyed by anonymous questionnaires. The reported occurrence of a variety of activities, events and behaviors in childhood among drug and alcohol abusers were compared to non users. Childhood antecedents that were associated with non-use of illegal drugs and which showed as much as a 20% difference in reported occurrence between abusers and non-users of illegal drugs were: spanking, church attendance, first alcoholic drink after 15 years, and perceived "happy" parental marriage. These associations were found uithin white and non-white groups and in subjects with divorced or separated parents. There was no antecedent that showed as much as a 20% difference in reported occurrence between alcohol abusers and non-users.

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  • Of the 111 effect sizes, 102 were in the detrimental direction and 78 of those were statistically significant; nine were in the beneficial direction, with only one statistically different from zero.

    “Of the 111 individual effect sizes, 102 were in the direction of a detrimental outcome with 78 of these statistically significant. In contrast, nine of the effect sizes were in the direction of a beneficial outcome but only one (Tennant, Detels, & Clark, 1975) was statistically different from zero.”

    From Spanking and child outcomes: Old controversies and new meta-analyses. (2016) · cites this paper as Tennant, Detels, & Clark, 1975

  • The only study with a significant beneficial outcome, Tennant, Detels, and Clark (1975), found that soldiers who recalled being spanked were less likely to report using amphetamines or opiates.

    “The only study that found a significant association with a beneficial outcome, Tennant, Detels, and Clark (1975), had a unique sample (U.S. Army soldiers stationed in West Germany in 1971 and 1972, most of whom were White [77%]), and found that soldiers who recalled being spanked were less likely to report using amphetamines or opiates.”

    From Spanking and child outcomes: Old controversies and new meta-analyses. (2016) · cites this paper as Tennant, Detels, & Clark (1975)

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Authors
TENNANT, F. S., DETELS, R., & CLARK, V.
Corresponding author
TENNANT, FORREST S.
ORCID
DETELS, ROGER
Venue
American Journal of Epidemiology
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1975-11
Volume
102
Issue
5
Pages
377-385
ISSN
  • 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-6256
DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112176
OpenAlex
W2253092853
Cited by
62
References
0
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
1.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Keywords
drug abuse, alcohol abuse, family relationships, child-rearing practices, spanking, church attendance, parental marriage, parental divorce, military personnel
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Alcoholism, Amphetamines, Cannabis, Child Rearing, Germany, West, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Military Psychiatry, Opium, United States, Substance-Related Disorders

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