Trajectories of Heroin Addiction: Growth Mixture Modeling Results Based on a 33-Year Follow-Up Study

Autor/inn/en	Hser, Yih-Ing; Huang, David; Chou, Chih-Ping; Anglin, M. Douglas
Titel	Trajectories of Heroin Addiction: Growth Mixture Modeling Results Based on a 33-Year Follow-Up Study
Quelle	In: Evaluation Review, 31 (2007) 6, S.548-563 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-841X
DOI	10.1177/0193841X07307315
Schlagwörter	Substance Abuse; Narcotics; Drug Addiction; Followup Studies; Males; Rehabilitation; Correlation; Mental Health; Mental Disorders; Employment Level; Mortality Rate; Behavior Problems; Age Differences; Individual Characteristics; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Narcotic; Betäubungsmittel; Drug dependence; Drogenabhängigkeit; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Korrelation; Psychohygiene; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Beschäftigungsgrad; Mortalitätsrate; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study investigates trajectories of heroin use and subsequent consequences in a sample of 471 male heroin addicts who were admitted to the California Civil Addict Program in 1964-1965 and followed over 33 years. Applying a two-part growth mixture modeling strategy to heroin use level during the first 16 years of the addiction careers since first heroin use, the authors identified three groups with distinctive profiles: stably high-level heroin users (n = 278), late decelerated users (n = 149), and early quitters (n = 44). Study findings empirically demonstrate the chronic nature of heroin addiction and subsequent adverse consequences including mortality, mental health, and employment. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10