title: Predictors of relationship power among drug-involved women.
abstract: Gender-based relationship power is frequently linked to women's capacity to reduce sexual risk behaviors. This study offers an exploration of predictors of relationship power, as measured by the multidimensional and theoretically grounded sexual relationship power scale, among women in outpatient substance abuse treatment. Linear models were used to test nine predictors (age, race/ethnicity, education, time in treatment, economic dependence, substance use, sexual concurrency, partner abuse, and sex role orientation) of relationship power among 513 women participating in a multi-site HIV risk reduction intervention study. Significant predictors of relationship control included having a non-abusive male partner, only one male partner, and endorsing traditional masculine (or both masculine and feminine) sex role attributes. Predictors of decision-making dominance were interrelated, with substance use × partner abuse and age × sex role orientation interactions. Results contribute to the understanding of factors which may influence relationship power and to their potential role in HIV sexual risk reduction interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA. anc2002@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Aimee N C
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tross
authors.forename: Mei-chen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pavlicova
authors.forename: Edward V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Nunes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003657:Decision Making; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D058850:Opiate Substitution Treatment; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D008691:Methadone