Substance use among individuals with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning in residential care: Examining the relationship between drinking motives and substance use.

Esmée P Schijven,Robert Didden,Roy Otten,Evelien A P Poelen

doi:10.1111/jar.12578

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BackgroundThis 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).MethodData were collected among 163 clients with MID‐BIF using interactive questionnaires with visual cues on a tablet with a web application.ResultsResults 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.ConclusionsInsight 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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This study examined the relationship between substance use motives and substance use in individuals with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning (MID‐BIF)
Participants, who have a higher score on the social motives, use more frequently cannabis and hard drug in comparison with individuals with MID‐BIF that have a lower score on the social motives
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between substance use in individuals with MID‐BIF and their motives for TA B L E 3 Correlations between the four motives and severity of substance use

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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). Before we tested the relationship between substance use motives and alco‐ hol and drug use, we examined the measurement model of the mo‐ tive items using confirmatory factor analyses in Mplus 7.2 (Muthén & Muthén, 1998–2012). All other motives are positively related to the frequency of alcohol use and drug use and AUDIT and DUDIT scores.

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