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Mutual Dissatisfaction Between Mother and Son in Substance‐Abusing and Normal Families
Author(s) -
Tarter Ralph E.,
Blackson Timothy C.,
Martin Christopher S.,
Seilhamer Ruthann,
Pelham William E.,
Loeber Rolf
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1993.tb00211.x
Subject(s) - psychology , new normal , developmental psychology , medicine , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This study compares relationship satisfaction between mother and son in families where the father either qualified for a diagnosis of psychoactive substance use disorder (SA+) or had no lifetime psychiatric diagnosis (SA−). The authors found that there was greater mutual dissatisfaction in SA+ families compared with SA‐ families. The magnitude of dissatisfaction covaried with behavioral disturbance in the children; however, in SA+ families, mother‐son dissatisfaction correlated positively with externalizing and internalizing behaviors in the children, whereas in SA‐ families dissatisfaction correlated only with externalizing behaviors. The results suggest that in SA+ families, generalized behavioral deviations in the child, combined with parent‐offspring dissatisfaction, may facilitate the child's disengagement from parental influence and promote negative association with peers.