Date of Award
1-1-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Counseling Psychology
First Advisor
Patton O. Garriott
Keywords
addiction, distribution, drug dealing, drug world, substance use
Abstract
Substance use regularly occurs among individuals that distribute drugs and there is a limited amount of research that has examined both use and distribution. A grounded theory approach was used to develop a framework for analyzing relationships between use and distribution behaviors. 15 participants (five female, 10 male) that had experience selling drugs and using drugs were recruited from a residential substance abuse treatment center. Each participant was interviewed for one hour with an interview protocol aligning with the stage of analysis. A model was developed to explain Involvement and Integration in a Drug World with the codes Substance Use, Lifestyle, Distribution, Decision-Making, and Social Relations. Themes identified include Multifaceted Integration, Failure by Use, Separation from Convention, Strategic Use, Degraded Character, and Accumulation of Non-support. Results inform the treatment of addiction, criminal and delinquent drug-related behaviors, and demonstrate potential for researching the co-occurrence of distribution and use in the field of psychology.
Recommended Citation
Stanforth, Evan Thomas, "Substance Use and Drug Distribution at the Individual Level: A grounded theory approach" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 625.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/625
Provenance
Recieved from ProQuest
Rights holder
Evan Thomas Stanforth
File size
129 p.
Copyright date
2014
File format
application/pdf
Language
en
Discipline
Counseling psychology
Comments
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