Konsekvenser av en uppväxt med föräldrar med missbruk : En litteraturöversikt

Sammanfattning: Growing up with parental substance abuse is a common social problem in the present society. The extent of this social problem is hard to determine and a childhood marked by parental substance abuse leads to an increased risk of serious consequences to the child, both during childhood and as an adult. The aim of this study is to examine, analyze and make these consequences visible in order to increase the knowledge and further improve the opportunities to be able to help these children in time. The scoping review methodology has been used in this study and the empirics consist of 15 scientific studies. The result shows that children tend to be negatively affected by growing up with parental substance abuse. During childhood, these children tend to feel bad and have feelings of sorrow, anxiety and fear. Children growing up in these types of families also tend to take an unnatural proportion of responsibility. Another recurring pattern is lack of trust, as well in their parents as in people outside their own family. Growing up in these conditions also increases the risk of not being able to finish school, to develop mental illness and to get into social problems later in life. The most important conclusion is that the parent’s substance abuse generally implies negative consequences to their children, but also that a lot of factors are involved and that all children are therefore affected in different ways and variations.