title: Cumulative victimization, psychological distress, and high-risk behavior among substance-involved women.
abstract: This research addressed two questions: (a) What is the relationship between different patterns of cumulative victimization and psychological distress? And (b) How does the pattern of cumulative victimization and psychological distress influence women's engagement in substance- and sex-related risk behavior? Data were analyzed from interviews with 149 sexually active, crack-using women who completed a follow-up interview after participating in the Kentucky National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) AIDS Cooperative Agreement. Findings from the multivariate analyses indicated that victimization accounted for 5% and 39% of the variance in psychological distress and high-risk behavior, respectively; cumulative victimization and psychological distress accounted for 6% to 11% of the variance in the high-risk behaviors. Results highlight the affects of childhood and adult victimization on psychological distress and the associations between different types of psychological distress and risk behavior.
authors: Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. seana.golder@louisville.edu
authors: Seana
authors: S
authors: Golder
authors: T K
authors: TK
authors: Logan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007629:Kentucky / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D016578:Crack Cocaine