1. Stress and Coping in a Mother-Child Residential Drug Treatment Program

2. Background

5. Purpose

6. Research Site

7. Methods

8. Participant Characteristics Mothers (N = 16) Average length of stay on study entry (months) 5.2 (SD 6.2, Range 1- 22) Race/Ethnicity African American Latina White 77% 15% 8% Marital Status Single87.5% Drug of choice Alcohol Cocaine Marijuana Polysubstance Dependence 14.3% 28.6% 42.8% 14.3% System Involvement Criminal Justice Child Welfare 37.5% 100% Children Number of children per mother, total3 (SD 3, Range 1 - 8) Number of children per mother, resident1 (SD 1, Range 0 - 2) Age on entry (years), resident children1.7 (SD 1.6, Range.08 - 5)

9. The Path and the Promise

10. Stress: The Reality

11. Stress: “What about the kids?”

12. Coping: “At least I’m not in the streets”

13. Conclusions & Implications