Coping strategy as a predictor of illicit drug use among persons who inject drugs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Persons engaging in illicit drug use, particularly injection drug use, are often overlooked in resilience literature. Understanding factors that foster resilience within this population can support cessation from, and prevent relapse to, illicit drug use. We examined whether coping strategies are associated with short-term cessation and relapse among persons who have injected drugs.

Method

Data come from a community-recruited cohort of people who have a history of injection drug use from Baltimore, Maryland. We examined two subsamples of visit pairs conducted from 1988 to 2020: (1) where at the first visit, participants reported past-6-month illicit drug use (684 participants, 8,783 visits), and (2) at the first visit, participants reported no past-6-month illicit

SUBMITTER: Sosnowski DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12626395 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature