The Impact of Childhood Maltreatment on Age of Onset of Alcohol Use Disorder in Women

It is unclear whether exposure to childhood maltreatment is associated with the age of onset of alcohol use disorder (AUD). A group of socially stable women with AUD seeking treatment (n = 75) were interviewed using the Addiction Severity Index and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview....

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Published in:European addiction research 2018-01, Vol.24 (6), p.278-285
Main Authors: Schückher, Fides, Sellin, Tabita, Fahlke, Claudia, Engström, Ingemar
Format: Article
Language:English
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abuse
Age of onset
Alcohol use
Alcohol use disorder
Child abuse & neglect
Childhood maltreatment
dependence
Developmental psychology
emotional
Emotional abuse
journal of substance abuse treatment
lellan at
Mother's alcohol/substance problems
neglect
p199
psychiatric comorbidity
Psychiatry
psychological distress
Psykiatri
Research Report
risk
severity
Sex crimes
sexual-abuse
Substance Abuse
Trauma
trauma exposure
validity
Women
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Summary:It is unclear whether exposure to childhood maltreatment is associated with the age of onset of alcohol use disorder (AUD). A group of socially stable women with AUD seeking treatment (n = 75) were interviewed using the Addiction Severity Index and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. They also filled out the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-short form. Emotional abuse, sexual abuse and multiple childhood traumas were found to be associated with earlier onset of AUD. Multivariable linear regression analysis showed that independent predictors for an earlier onset of AUD were exposure to emotional abuse (beta = –7.44, SE = 2.83, adjusted p = 0.010) and mother’s alcohol/substance problems (beta = –7.87, SE = 3.45, adjusted p = 0.026). These variables explained 18.9% of the variance of age of onset of AUD. These findings highlight a need for increased clinical attention to AUD subgroups who have experienced childhood maltreatment, especially emotional abuse, as well as a need for including support in the patient’s own parental role in the treatment.
ISSN:1022-6877
1421-9891
1421-9891
DOI:10.1159/000494766