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Childhood stress exposure among preadolescents with and without family histories of substance use disorders.
Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors - 1 Mar 2015
Charles Nora E, Ryan Stacy R, Acheson Ashley, Mathias Charles W, Liang Yuanyuan, Dougherty Donald M
Abstract excerpt
Having a family history of substance use disorders (FH+) increases risk for developing a substance use disorder. This risk may be at least partially mediated by increased exposure to childhood stressors among FH+ individuals. However, measures typically used to assess exposure to stressors are narrow in scope and vary across studies. The nature of stressors that disproportionately affect FH+ children and how...
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