2-039 - New Perspectives on Maternal Drug-use: Risk and Protective Factors for Parenting, Child Development and Interventions

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Maternal substance misuse presents a severe risk for child development. In addition to the effects of prenatal substance-exposure on the child, the psychosocial risks associated with maternal substance misuse, such as mental health, socioeconomic and parenting problems have equally harmful consequences on child development and family well-being (Conners et al., 2004). The current opioid crisis, as well as recent legalization of marijuana has increased the need to develop effective services for these families tailored to their specific vulnerabilities and protective factors. This multidisciplinary and multinational symposium brings together four longitudinal studies from Norway, Finland, and the U.S., addressing these questions. The first paper examines the role of legal and therapeutic marijuana and opioid use and comorbid risks in parenting, attachment and child development. The second paper examines the inter-relations between reflective functioning, executive functioning and parental stress in mothers with substance use disorders, and their contributions for child development. The third paper addresses the protective effects of early parenting on child socioemotional development at school-age among children with maternal prenatal substance use disorder. Finally, the last presenter will focus on the factors predicting dropout from a parenting intervention for mothers with substance use disorders and their young children. The findings are discussed in a broader framework regarding the unique needs of these children and their families along with implications for child development and planning parenting interventions.

Sub Unit

• Developmental Psychopathology

Chairs

• Nancy Suchman, Yale School of Medicine

• Marjo Flykt, University of Tampere, Finland and Colorado State University

Individual Presentations

• The Impact of Maternal Substance Use and Related Comorbidities on Maternal-Child Attachment - Presenting Author: Beth Bailey, University of Colorado

• Child Development, Maternal Stress, Executive Functioning and Reflective Functioning in Mothers with Substance use Disorder - Presenting Author: Ulrika Håkansson, Psychologist; Non-Presenting Author: Watten Reidulf, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences; Non-Presenting Author: Kerstin Söderström, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences; Non-Presenting Author: Merete Glenne Øie, University of Oslo

• Mother’s Prenatal Substance Use Disorder, Early Parenting and Child Socioemotional Development at School-age - Presenting Author: Marjo Flykt, University of Tampere, Finland and Colorado State University; Non-Presenting Author: Jallu Lindblom, University of Tampere, Finland; Non-Presenting Author: Ritva Belt, City of Tampere; Non-Presenting Author: Kaisa Saurio, University of Tampere; Non-Presenting Author: Noora Hyysalo, University of Tampere; Non-Presenting Author: Kathryn A. Kerns, Kent State University; Non-Presenting Author: Raija-Leena Punamäki, University of Tampere

• Factors contributing to dropout from a therapeutic parenting intervention for mothers with substance use disorders (SUDs) - Presenting Author: Ruth Paris, Boston University School of Social Work; Non-Presenting Author: Anna Herriott, Boston University School of Social Work; Non-Presenting Author: Mihoko Maru, Boston University School of Social Work