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Is It Who Am I or Who Do You Think I Am? Identity Development of Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders

Treiber, Danielle N.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4337-4806
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1561825820386228

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2019, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
The purpose of this study was to unearth how adolescents with substance use disorders achieve the task of identity formation and the construction of self-concept in the midst of the drug culture and society that exists. It sought to uncover the social constructs designed to ignore and/or remove human complexities and allow an intersectional approach to be brought to a study on this population. Historically, there has been a failure to investigate the underlying social attitudes and behaviors that impact the very delicate and vulnerable process of finding self. Psychosocial and relational adjustment are strongly influenced by the extent to which adolescents successfully develop a coherent and structured sense of identity. One’s life pathways and decisions are guided by a consolidated sense of self. An understanding of key identity literature led to a methodological design using both Grounded Theory Methodology and Situational Analysis to provide a thorough description and understanding of the entire situation around identity development for adolescents with substance use disorders. The detailed analysis of the interviews provided by 20 adolescent females served as the basis for the development of a theoretical model depicting the findings from both the dimensional analysis and situational analysis. The research provided empirical evidence that adolescents in this situation form a pseudo-identity to achieve a sense of belonging that has pervaded their existence due to familial, social, and cultural factors. This pseudo-identity is reinforced by acceptance into drug-seeking and substance-using groups, as well as by leadership and practices in treatment, therapy, healthcare, criminal justice, and other macro forces. The research provides practical implications for prevention and intervention practices, as well as leadership practice. Recommendations for future research invite further exploration into whether the situation for the participants in this study hold true across diverse sampling. An animated version of the theoretical model is provided as a supplemental file (mp4). It is embedded in this text, as well as, provided on the AURA link following. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA, http://aura.antioch.edu/ and OhioLINK ETD Center, https://etd.ohiolink.edu
Lize Booysen, DBL (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Holloway, PhD (Committee Member)
Karsten Lunze, PhD, MD (Committee Member)
380 p.
Behavioral Psychology; Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Psychology; Counseling Education; Criminology; Curriculum Development; Demographics; Developmental Psychology; Early Childhood Education; Education Policy; Educational Leadership; Families and Family Life; Health Care; Mental Health; Personality Psychology; Pharmacology; Psychotherapy; Public Health; Public Health Education; Public Policy; Social Work; Teacher Education; Therapy
Adolescence; Youth; Development; Identity; Self; Self-Concept; Substance Use; Substance Use Disorders; Drug use; Drug Culture; Addiction Culture; Leadership; Qualitative; Grounded Theory; Situational Analysis

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  • Treiber, D. N. (2019). Is It Who Am I or Who Do You Think I Am? Identity Development of Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1561825820386228

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Treiber, Danielle. Is It Who Am I or Who Do You Think I Am? Identity Development of Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders. 2019. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1561825820386228.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Treiber, Danielle. "Is It Who Am I or Who Do You Think I Am? Identity Development of Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1561825820386228

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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