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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 477-495 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Violence and Victims |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Cumulative victimization
- High-risk behavior
- Psychological distress
- Substance use
- Women
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Health(social science)
- Law
