A meta-analysis of longitudinal associations between substance use and interpersonal attachment security.

ABSTRACT: Substance use has long been associated with close relationship distress. Although the direction of influence for this association has not been established, it has often been assumed that substance use is the causal agent and that close relationship distress is the effect. But research seeking to establish temporal precedence in this link has produced mixed findings. Further, theoretical models of substance use and close relationship processes present the plausibility of the inverse pathway-that insecure close relationships may serve as a vulnerability factor for the development of later substance problems. The current review applies an attachment-theoretical framework to the association between close social bonds and substance use and substance-related problems. Targeting longitudinal stud

SUBMITTER: Fairbairn CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5912983 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature