TY - JOUR
T1 - Chinese Drug Users’ Abstinence Intentions
T2 - The Role of Perceived Social Support
AU - Liu, Liu
AU - Wang, Huimin
AU - Chui, Wing Hong
AU - Cao, Liqun
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding was provided by The National Social Science Fund of the People’s Republic of China (14CSH059).
Funding Information:
Thanks to Prof. Charles Kaplan from University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, for consulting during the preparation of the article. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding was provided by The National Social Science Fund of the People?s Republic of China (14CSH059).
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© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - This study investigated the relationship between Chinese drug users’ perceived social support and their intentions for choosing abstinence. Both bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed with 3,239 drug users, especially heroin (427) and methamphetamine (890) users. All participants were from multiple Chinese compulsory drug treatment institutions. Perceived support from friends was the factor that showed a strongest positive relationship with Chinese drug users’ abstinence intentions. The positive influence from family support on the willingness to seek and choose abstinence was not as great as scholars have suggested, which challenges previous research findings. Methamphetamine users had a significantly lower chance of pursuing abstinence, but their abstinence intentions were positively related to perceived support from friends. Comparatively, all types of perceived social support had no significant influence on heroin users’ abstinence intentions. This study highlights that, as China’s methamphetamine-addicted population rapidly expands, tailored treatment, especially facilitating positive peer support, is urgently needed.
AB - This study investigated the relationship between Chinese drug users’ perceived social support and their intentions for choosing abstinence. Both bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed with 3,239 drug users, especially heroin (427) and methamphetamine (890) users. All participants were from multiple Chinese compulsory drug treatment institutions. Perceived support from friends was the factor that showed a strongest positive relationship with Chinese drug users’ abstinence intentions. The positive influence from family support on the willingness to seek and choose abstinence was not as great as scholars have suggested, which challenges previous research findings. Methamphetamine users had a significantly lower chance of pursuing abstinence, but their abstinence intentions were positively related to perceived support from friends. Comparatively, all types of perceived social support had no significant influence on heroin users’ abstinence intentions. This study highlights that, as China’s methamphetamine-addicted population rapidly expands, tailored treatment, especially facilitating positive peer support, is urgently needed.
KW - abstinence intention
KW - Chinese drug users
KW - heroin
KW - methamphetamine
KW - perceived social support
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048176370&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0022042618779379
DO - 10.1177/0022042618779379
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85048176370
SN - 0022-0426
VL - 48
SP - 519
EP - 535
JO - Journal of Drug Issues
JF - Journal of Drug Issues
IS - 4
ER -
