Can emotion-focused coping help explain the link between posttraumatic stress disorder severity and triggers for substance use in young adults Staiger, Petra K., Melville, Fritha, Hides, Leanne, Kambouropoulos, Nicolas and Lubman, Dan I. 2009, Can emotion-focused coping help explain the link between posttraumatic stress disorder severity and triggers for substance use in young adults, Journal of substance abuse treatment, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 220-226, doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2008.05.008. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Can emotion-focused coping help explain the link between posttraumatic stress disorder severity and triggers for substance use in young adults Author(s) Staiger, Petra K. orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-5015 Melville, Fritha Hides, Leanne Kambouropoulos, Nicolas orcid.org/0000-0001-9861-3347 Lubman, Dan I. Journal name Journal of substance abuse treatment Volume number 36 Issue number 2 Start page 220 End page 226 Total pages 7 Publisher Pergamon Place of publication New York N.Y. Publication date 2009-03 ISSN 0740-5472 1873-6483 Keyword(s) Substance use disorders Trauma PTSD IDTS Emotion-focused coping Young adults Summary High rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been reported among people seeking treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs), although few studies have examined the relationship between PTSD and substance use in young drug users. This study compared levels of substance use, coping styles, and high-risk triggers for substance use among 66 young adults with SUD, with or without comorbid PTSD. Young people with current SUD–PTSD (n = 36) reported significantly higher levels of substance use in negative situations, as well as emotion-focused coping, compared to the current SUD-only group (n = 30). Severity of PTSD was a significant predictor of negative situational drug use, and emotion-focused coping was found to mediate this relationship. The findings underscore the need for youth substance abuse treatment programs to include coping skills training and management of affect regulation for those individuals with comorbid SUD–PTSD. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.jsat.2008.05.008 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Elsevier Inc. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30019635 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 18 Sep 2009, 10:57:08 EST Mon, 21 Sep 2009, 22:54:20 EST Tue, 22 Sep 2009, 22:24:37 EST Fri, 04 Dec 2009, 13:02:28 EST Fri, 04 Dec 2009, 13:10:19 EST Fri, 04 Dec 2009, 13:13:01 EST Mon, 07 Dec 2009, 08:25:00 EST Mon, 07 Dec 2009, 08:26:32 EST Mon, 07 Dec 2009, 08:29:08 EST Mon, 12 Apr 2010, 11:34:33 EST Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 13:53:25 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 12:58:45 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 14:06:20 EST Fri, 04 Jul 2014, 10:21:13 EST Wed, 09 Jul 2014, 11:44:37 EST Wed, 09 Jul 2014, 11:45:27 EST Mon, 29 Sep 2014, 13:19:41 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 48 times in TR Web of Science Cited 52 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1105 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 18 Sep 2009, 10:57:07 EST by Sally Morrigan