Violent Victimization and Substance Dependency: Comparing Rural Incarcerated Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Women
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Victimization and substance use disorders in a national sample of heterosexual and sexual minority women and men.
CONTEXT There is consensus in the research literature that substance use disparities exist among sexual minority women and men; however, few studies have examined risk factors that may contribute to these disparities. AIMS To compare reports of life-time victimization experiences in a US national sample of adult heterosexual and sexual minority women and men and to examine the relationships b...
متن کاملPrevalence and severity of lifetime physical and sexual victimization among incarcerated women.
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Histories of childhood victimization and subsequent mental health problems, substance use, and sexual victimization for a sample of incarcerated women in the US.
Women are entering US prisons at nearly double the rate of men and are the fastest growing prison population. Current extant literature focuses on the prevalence of the incarceration of women, but few studies exist that emphasize the different trajectories to prison. For example, women prisoners have greater experiences of prior victimization, more reports of mental illness, and higher rates of...
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Few studies have examined the rates of childhood victimization among individuals who identify as "mostly heterosexual" (MH) in comparison to other sexual orientation groups. For the present study, we utilized a more comprehensive assessment of adverse childhood experiences to extend prior literature by examining if MH individuals' experience of victimization more closely mirrors that of sexual ...
متن کاملDevelopmental trajectories of substance use among sexual minority girls: associations with sexual victimization and sexual health risk.
PURPOSE To examine mechanisms underlying the development of sexual health risk behaviors in sexual minority girls (SMGs) and its association with sexual victimization. METHODS Data were drawn from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods cohorts, aged 15 and 18 years (N = 391; 54 SMGs). RESULTS Sexual minority girls reported more sexual victimization and steeper positive tr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1533-256X,1533-2578
DOI: 10.1080/1533256x.2016.1143372