Substance use among individuals with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning in residential care: Examining the relationship between drinking motives and substance use
Publication year
2019Number of pages
8 p.
Source
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32, 4, (2019), pp. 871-878ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Journal title
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
Volume
vol. 32
Issue
iss. 4
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 871
Page end
p. 878
Subject
Developmental Psychopathology; Learning and PlasticityAbstract
Background: This study examined the relationship between substance use motives (i.e., social, conformity, coping and enhancement) and substance use in individuals with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning (MID-BIF). Method: Data were collected among 163 clients with MID-BIF using interactive questionnaires with visual cues on a tablet with a web application. Results: Results show that social motives were positively related to frequency of alcohol use, while conformity, coping and enhancement motives were positively related to severity of alcohol use. Results for drug use show that social motives were positively related to frequency of cannabis and hard drug use and that conformity motives were negatively related to frequency of cannabis use. Coping motives were positively related to severity of drug use. Conclusions: Insight in substance use motives should be used when adapting interventions, as it could contribute to the prevention and reduction of substance use disorders in individuals with MID-BIF.
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