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. 2024 Nov;52(8):980-996.
doi: 10.1002/jcop.22973. Epub 2022 Dec 16.

The nexus between gender, parental supervision, and opioid misuse among justice-involved adolescents

Enya B Vroom  1 , Micah E Johnson  2
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The nexus between gender, parental supervision, and opioid misuse among justice-involved adolescents

Enya B Vroom et al. J Community Psychol. 2024 Nov.

Abstract

Justice-involved adolescents (JIA) are at higher risk for opioid misuse (OM) and opioid-related overdose than nonoffending adolescents. Untreated OM can lead to severe consequences (e.g., trauma), which may be harsher for female JIA. Therefore, examining risk and protective factors, such as parental supervision, is essential to identify factors that may impact OM. The current study used a statewide, cross-sectional dataset including 79,960 JIA from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. Stratified logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results indicated that JIA who experienced sporadic or inadequate supervision had 2.14 and 3.54 higher odds, respectively, of misusing opioids compared to JIA who experienced consistent supervision. Female JIA who experienced sporadic or inadequate supervision had 2.23 and 3.70 higher odds, respectively, of misusing opioids. Results suggest parental supervision is an important protective factor that should be considered in developing prevention and treatment efforts that serve JIA who misuse opioids, especially females.

Keywords: gender differences; justice‐involved adolescents; opioid crisis; opioid misuse; parental supervision; parents; protective factors.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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