The Roles of Family Functioning, Attachment Status, Emotion Regulation Skills and Traumatic Experiences in Adolescents with Substance Use Disorder and Their Potential Effects on Polysubstance Use

Emotion regulation difficulties may be associated with polysubstance use in adolescents with SUD. Trauma exposure may undermine family-level protective effects, possibly pointing to the need for trauma-informed, emotion regulation-focused interventions in adolescent addiction treatment.