Perceived Substance Use Norms Among Jailed Women with Alcohol Use Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social norms regarding substance use predict substance use behaviors. In a sample of jailed women with alcohol use disorders (AUDs), we compared (i) jailed women's perceptions of the US women population's rates of substance use, with US women's actual rates of substance use; (ii) jailed women's perceived rates of substance use by US women, with their perceptions of use by their own friends; and (iii) US women's actual rates of substance use, with observed sample substance use rates.

Methods

Participants were 205 jailed women who met criteria for an AUD. We used the 1-sample or dependent-samples t-test to make the comparisons.

Results

Participants overestimated US women's rates of substance use and incarceration rates. They perceived their friends' substance

SUBMITTER: Timko C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7722182 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature