The Role of Self-Care for Parents in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders: An Integrative Review of Parental Self-Care. Issue 3 (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Raynor, Phyllis; Pope, Charlene
• Is Part Of: Journal of addictions nursing. Volume 27:Issue 3(2016:Jul./Sep.)
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: parental self-care behaviors -- parental self-efficacy -- parenting -- personal health behaviors -- self-care -- self-management -- substance use -- substance use disorders; Substance abuse -- Nursing -- Periodicals; Drug abuse -- Nursing -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Compulsive behavior -- Nursing -- Periodicals; Compulsive behavior -- Treatment -- Periodicals; 616.860231
• DOI: 10.1097/JAN.0000000000000133
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1088-4602

Abstract

Abstract: Background: Lack of stress modifiers, such as self-care behaviors (SCBs), can increase vulnerability to drug use for parents in recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs). Purpose: The purpose of this integrative review was to determine how the existing literature describes, conceptualizes, and measures SCB for parents in the general population for its application to parents with a history of SUD. Methods: Framed by Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory of Substance Abuse, four qualitative and five quantitative studies identify SCB, although only one study describes SCB of parents in recovery. Results: Few studies addressed parental SCB, and most of those studies focused on behaviors for new mothers with or without SUDs during the early child years. Conclusions: Exploring the role of SCB in relation to parental well-being for the general population is a needed area for further research, even more so for parents who are recovering from SUDs.