RT Article
T1 Prescription Drug Misuse and Child Maltreatment Among High-Risk Families
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 7/8
SP 3006
OP 3016
A1 Wolf, Jennifer Price
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1751682951
AB Prescription drug misuse is increasingly common in the United States. To date, little is known about how prescription drug misuse relates to negative parenting behaviors like child maltreatment, even though use of illicit drugs increases rates of both child neglect and physical abuse. This study used secondary data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study (FFCWS), a clustered national sample of families at high risk for both prescription drug misuse and child maltreatment (n = 2,917). Data from mothers who participated in the 9-year follow-up of this study were used to create logistic regression models examining prescription drug misuse and physically aggressive and neglectful parenting, while controlling for demographic and psychosocial variables. Black, non-Hispanic mothers and mothers in worse health had higher odds of physically aggressive parenting. Mothers in worse health and those who used other illicit drugs had greater odds of neglectful parenting. There were no relationships between prescription drug misuse and either parenting outcome. The findings do not provide evidence that prescription drug misuse is a risk factor for child maltreatment. Further research examining this issue and potential progression from prescription drug misuse to other illicit drug use could help clarify whether this behavior is related to negative outcomes for children.
K1 Illicit drug use
K1 Neglect
K1 Physical Abuse
K1 child maltreatment
K1 Prescription Drug Misuse
DO 10.1177/0886260518772109