Fighting substance abuse by understanding the impact of childhood trauma (ASUnow)

Karen Clemmer 7/25/209:29 PM

By Kimberlee D’Ardenne, July 6, 2020, ASU now.

Psychology student wins graduate research fellowship from NSF

For a long time, Matthew Broussard has wanted to understand how childhood trauma can lead to substance abuse in adults.

Reading a news article about research happening at Arizona State University on this topic is what led him to enroll as a transfer student. The topic also was the focus of his application to the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) last fall.

My goal is to create a way to examine how childhood trauma might lead to a reduced ability to regulate emotions during stressful events and how that contributes to substance abuse,” Broussard said.

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