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Psychological Distress and Substance Use Among Community-Recruited Women Currently Victimized by Intimate Partners

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Latent class analysis was used to examine patterns of victimization among a community sample of 212 women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). Results identified three classes of women characterized by victimization history (recent IPV, childhood victimization); classes were further differentiated by IPV-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, other indicators of psychological distress, and substance use. Differentiating levels of victimization and their associated patterns of psychosocial functioning can be used to develop intervention strategies targeting the needs of different subgroups of women so that mental health and substance use problems can be reduced or prevented altogether. Implications for treatment and future research are presented here.

Source: Violence Against Women

DOI: 10.1177/1077801212456991

Authors: Seana Golder, Christian M. Connell, Tami P. Sullivan

Institutions: University of Louisville, Yale University

Language: English

Topic: Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Good health and well-being, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse