Franz Layug 12/4/22 Sociological Issue Powerpoint Dr. David Schjott Childhood Trauma Effects on Adulthood and How it Relates to Sociology Behavior Issues Childhood trauma can affect the behavior of individuals in the long run. In “Early Childhood Victimization Among Incarcerated Adult Male Felons”, Robin Weeks and Cathy Spatz Widom study whether or not childhood trauma affects the actions or minds of current inmates in a New York medium security facility. When talking to the randomly selected felons, Weeks and Widom found that “68 percent of the incarcerated adult male felons reported some form of early childhood victimization before age 12, either physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect” (1). It is no coincidence that almost two thirds of the felons felt wrongfully treated when they were younger. How Does Behavioral Issues Relate to Sociology? Bad behavior in sociology is considered to be breaking the social norms and not living up to the expectations of a society or social group. Depression Mental health problems are also very negatively affected by childhood trauma. In “Association between childhood trauma and medication adherence among patients with major depressive disorder: the moderating role of resilience”, Hongqiong Wang studies whether or not this mental disorder has any sort of association with childhood trauma. Wang found that within a MDD population which had a median age of twenty five and were diagnosed by Structured Clinical Interviews, “57.1% of patients had suffered from childhood trauma” (Wang 2). More than half of the patients that have a major depressive disorder are victims to some type of child trauma. How Does Depression Relate to Sociology? One way this problem relates to sociology is the idea of the social rank theory. Depression would make an individual sadder and put them in a feeling of defeat. They would unfortunately consider themselves to be lower rank compared to others due to their depression. Substance Use Substance use can be a very scary problem if it gets out of control. Substances such as alcohol or nicotine can be very problematic for an individual if they cannot stop. A study “ Childhood trauma subtypes may influence the pattern of substance use and preferential substance in men with alcohol and/or crack-cocaine addiction” looks into the link between childhood trauma and alcoholism. The researchers gathered twelve hundred and forty one men, all with substance use. When the researchers got their results using different types of abuse and factors, they concluded that “the presence of this type of trauma was three times greater in alcohol users than in controls” (Hoffman 3). The more trauma an individual had, the more out of control they were with alcohol. How Does Substance Use Relate to Sociology? There are many sociological theories that relate to alcoholism or any substance use. Social environment can be affected by one accompanied by a alcoholic. This includes family members or peers being heavily affected by spending a lot of time with a alcoholic. Sources ● https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35739064/ ● https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-022-04297-0 ● https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/early-childhood-victimization-amongincarcerated-adult-male-felons
