ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2021
Historical trauma and substance use among American Indian people with current substance use problems.
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- COVID-19-related effects on alcohol and other Drug use among indigenous peoples.Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse · 2025Article
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objectiveIn the United States, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people suffer health inequities associated with alcohol and other drug use and also experience historical trauma symptoms resulting from colonization. Research suggests that historical trauma may be associated with substance use among AI/ANs.
methodAs part of a Community-Based Participatory Research project with tribal partners from a rural AI reservation, our team collected cross-sectional survey data from 198 tribal members who self-identified as having substance use problems. We examined associations between historical trauma thoughts, historical trauma symptoms, and substance use outcomes. We also examined historical trauma symptoms, current trauma symptoms, awareness of systemic discrimination, and ethnic identity as moderators of the associations between historical trauma thoughts and substance use variables.
resultsHistorical trauma thoughts, controlling for symptoms, were associated with greater abstinent days, fewer heavy alcohol use days, fewer drinks per drinking day, and fewer drug use days; historical trauma symptoms, controlling for thoughts, were associated only with fewer abstinent days. Moderation analyses showed that historical trauma thoughts were associated with better substance use outcomes when historical trauma symptoms were low, current trauma symptoms were low, awareness of systemic discrimination was high, and ethnic identity was high.
conclusionWhen distressing trauma symptoms are low, historical trauma thoughts may act as a protective factor or as a marker for other factors associated with better substance use outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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