TY - JOUR
T1 - Family Members of Those with SUDs
T2 - Examining Associations between Family and PFC Functioning
AU - Agner, Hannah
AU - Bradshaw, Spencer D.
AU - Winfrey, Lauren
AU - Zielinski, Mazie
AU - Shumway, Sterling T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Family functioning impacts individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD) and relates to treatment recovery outcomes. A family system and each family member mutually influence one another. Research has also shown alterations in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) functioning of family members who have a loved one with a SUD. This study examined associations between family functioning and PFC activation of such family members using functional near-infrared spectroscopy to measure cerebral blood flow in response to SUD loved-one images. A relationship was found between family functioning and left superior frontal sulcus activation. This PFC region is associated with social responding and self-referential processing. These findings support the importance of family member involvement in recovery processes, and highlight family functioning as an important factor connected with individual functioning and well-being.
AB - Family functioning impacts individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD) and relates to treatment recovery outcomes. A family system and each family member mutually influence one another. Research has also shown alterations in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) functioning of family members who have a loved one with a SUD. This study examined associations between family functioning and PFC activation of such family members using functional near-infrared spectroscopy to measure cerebral blood flow in response to SUD loved-one images. A relationship was found between family functioning and left superior frontal sulcus activation. This PFC region is associated with social responding and self-referential processing. These findings support the importance of family member involvement in recovery processes, and highlight family functioning as an important factor connected with individual functioning and well-being.
KW - Family functioning
KW - codependency
KW - fNIR
KW - left superior frontal sulcus
KW - prefrontal cortex
KW - substance use disorder
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U2 - 10.1080/07347324.2020.1787117
DO - 10.1080/07347324.2020.1787117
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088030775
SP - 1
EP - 19
JO - Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly
JF - Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly
SN - 0734-7324
ER -