title: Trauma and cumulative adversity in women of a disadvantaged social location.
abstract: This study expands conceptual and empirical perspectives on stress exposure by evaluating cumulative exposure in 79 drug-convicted women. Logistic regression determined that (a) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increased 40% with each trauma and (b) adding chronic stressors increased the predictability of PTSD. This study supports cumulative adversity models and the importance of social location.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. spk@wayne.edu
authors.forename: Sheryl Pimlott
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kubiak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D015146:Midwestern United States; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012931:Social Environment; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology