Departmental Papers (SPP)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
6-2002
Publication Source
Social Service Review
Volume
76
Issue
2
Start Page
302
Last Page
320
DOI
10.1086/339665
Abstract
Guided by the cognitive theory of stress and coping and the comprehensive health‐seeking and coping paradigm, this study examines associations among intimate partner abuse and psychological distress, posttraumatic stress disorder, childhood sexual abuse, and current drug use among a cohort of 416 women randomly recruited from New York City methadone treatment programs. Findings expand on past evidence of the high prevalence of psychological distress among adult victimized women and among those with a history of childhood sexual abuse. Women currently abused by their partners have more posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, and psychological distress than women not abused by their partners.
Copyright/Permission Statement
© 2002 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.
Recommended Citation
Schiff, M., El-Bassel, N., Engstrom, M., & Gilbert, L. (2002). Psychological Distress and Intimate Physical and Sexual Abuse among Women in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programs. Social Service Review, 76 (2), 302-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/339665
Date Posted: 08 November 2019