Mental health as a mediator of gender differences in employment barriers among drug abusers

J. Matthew Webster; Paul J. Rosen; Hope Smiley McDonald; Michele Staton-Tindall; Thomas F. Garrity; Carl G. Leukefeld

doi:10.1080/00952990601174980

Mental health as a mediator of gender differences in employment barriers among drug abusers

J. Matthew Webster
, Paul J. Rosen
, Hope Smiley McDonald
, Michele Staton-Tindall
, Thomas F. Garrity
, Carl G. Leukefeld

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Abstract

Employment has been identified as an important drug abuse treatment outcome, but drug abusers often face a wide variety of barriers to securing stable employment. The employment barriers literature also reports that women and people with mental health problems have difficulty in obtaining employment. The current study examined gender differences in mental health and employment barriers in a sample of drug court participants. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to test the hypothesis that differences in employment barriers among drug-abusing males and females are mediated by differences in mental health problems. Women were found to have more mental health problems and employment barriers, and support for the mediation hypothesis was found. Implications for drug treatment providers are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	259-265
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990601174980
State	Published - Mar 2007

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by Grant R01 DA11309 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse; Carl G. Leukefeld, Principal Investigator; and by the staff and resources of the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research at the University of Kentucky. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent the position of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Funding

This study was supported by Grant R01 DA11309 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse; Carl G. Leukefeld, Principal Investigator; and by the staff and resources of the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research at the University of Kentucky. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent the position of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Funders	Funder number
Center for Drug and Alcohol Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse	R01DA011309
University of Kentucky

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Drug abuse
Employment
Gender
Mental health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Mental health as a mediator of gender differences in employment barriers among drug abusers

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