Citation

Martin FS. Int. J. Drug Policy 2019; 68: 147-153.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Canada. Electronic address: f.martin@dal.ca.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.12.011

PMID

30630710

Abstract

The majority of qualitative social scientific research on the topic of parenthood and substance use focuses on mothers who use illicit drugs and their experiences of social marginalization and stigmatization. This commentary argues that new and important insights might be gained about parenting in the context of substance use by engaging more closely with everyday experiences of mothering and with contemporary theorising around motherhood and parenthood. Drawing on recent sociological studies of family life influenced by late-modern individualism and by new expert attention on the quality of parent-child relationships, the commentary proposes directions for future social research on the identities and experiences of mothers and fathers who use alcohol and other drugs.

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Language: en

Keywords

Alcohol and other drugs; Family; Motherhood; Parenthood; Qualitative research; Social and sociological theory