The Role of Family in the Initiation and Enabling of Alcohol and Substance Abuse
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Date
2024-06-30
Authors
Kipchumba, Heather Eddah
Loong’onyo, Peter Mangistu
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AJADA
Abstract
Family is the basic unit of a nation, and the
primary institution for knowledge and skill
acquisition, and it further shapes individual
attitudes, desires, and behavior, both in
the right and negative manner. The family
regarding the rising dependence on alcohol
and drug abuse has not been a critical focus
for empirical analysis, a gap that this study
sought to fill. The study utilized secondary
data sources from Kenya, sourced from the
internet, particularly in journals on alcohol
and drug abuse. Content analysis was
adopted, and data was presented in themes.
It was found that there are factors within
the family that promote the initiation of
alcohol and substance abuse and maintain
its continuous use. These factors included
different parenting styles; authoritarian,
permissive, and uninvolved styles of
parenting, the circumstances and conditions
within the home environment, primary
caregiver role modeling and any close
relatives, adverse childhood experiences and
in some instances, disposition from genetic
makeup, that cause inter-generational
alcoholism in certain families. To resolve this
problem, the family should be recognized as
a focal area of interventions to curb alcohol
and drug abuse.
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Keywords
Family, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Role, policy framework, initiation
Citation
KIPCHUMBA, H. (2024). The Role of Family in the Initiation and Enabling of Alcohol and Substance Abuse. African Journal of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (AJADA), 112-128.