Trauma and Substance Abuse

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-150
Author(s):  
David R. Grove ◽  
Gilbert J. Greene ◽  
Mo Yee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Mother Daughter Relationship ◽  
Treatment Support ◽  
Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Trauma Histories

Substance abuse and trauma are the topics of this chapter. The relationship between substance abuse and trauma histories, particularly intrafamilial sexual abuse, is examined. The application of integrative family and systems treatment (I-FAST) with two cases is described in detail. Both cases are examples of adult women who suffered serious intrafamilial sexual abuse, were not supported by their mothers, and subsequently developed serious substance abuse problems. In both cases, their mothers were included in the treatment. Support from their mothers regarding the sexual abuse was finally obtained. In both cases, repairing the mother–daughter relationship resulted in total amelioration of both trauma and substance abuse problems.

Young adult women who report childhood intrafamilial sexual abuse: Subsequent adjustment

1990 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan L. Jackson ◽  
Karen S. Calhoun ◽  
Angelynne E. Amick ◽  
Heather M. Maddever ◽  
Valerie L. Habif
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Young Adult Women ◽  
Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse

The Relationship between Interviewer Characteristics and Physical and Sexual Abuse Disclosures among Substance Users: A Multilevel Analysis

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 867-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
René M. Dailey ◽  
Ronald E. Claus
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Clustering Effect ◽  
Unexplained Variance ◽  
Abuse Characteristics ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Physical And Sexual Abuse

Data were collected at assessment for substance abuse treatment from 22 interviewers and 8,276 clients to assess the relationship between interviewer characteristics and disclosure of physical and sexual abuse. Characteristics examined were client and interviewer gender, race/ethnicity, and age. Multilevel regressions that adjusted for the clustering of clients within interviewers were compared to unadjusted logistic regressions to determine the effect of response similarity within clusters. Clustering accounted for only 2–5% of the unexplained variance; however, ignoring the clustering effect generated several misleading results. Adjusted models indicated that clients were more likely to disclose physical abuse to Caucasian interviewers than to African American interviewers and more likely to disclose sexual abuse to female interviewers than to male interviewers. Matching clients and interviewers on gender, race, and age did not increase disclosures of either physical or sexual abuse.

Losses Associated With Childhood Sexual Abuse in Women Survivors: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 152483802110131
Author(s):  
Baaqira Kays Ebrahim ◽  
Ansie Fouche ◽  
Hayley Walker-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Women Survivors ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Review Question ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
Sexual Abuse Treatment

Childhood sexual abuse is a complex trauma with unique trauma-causing factors that could have devastating long-term, negative effects on survivors. To date, little attention has been given to loss and specifically stigmatized or hidden loss as a unique trauma-causing factor. Method: This article reports the findings of a scoping review designed to identify research exploring the losses associated with childhood sexual abuse in women survivors. A systematic search of databases for articles published between 1983 and 2019 were conducted using keywords related to loss and women survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Findings: Twenty studies were selected for review using predefined inclusion criteria: studies that include adult women survivors of childhood sexual abuse, studies that include child/childhood sexual abuse, studies that include stigmatized loss, studies that indicate stigmatized loss in adult women survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Sources were subject to quality appraisal and data were extracted in line with the review question. Discussion and Contribution: Findings acknowledged and extended on Bloom’s model of stigmatized loss and suggested that female survivors of childhood sexual abuse may experience an overall loss of self-efficacy, presenting as a loss of personal agency, interpersonal agency, and sexual agency. The results of this research suggest that loss be considered in support interventions with women self-reporting childhood sexual abuse. It is recommended that further research be conducted to confirm these findings so that they may advocate for inclusion in childhood sexual abuse treatment interventions.

Living on the Outside: African American Women Before, During, and After Imprisonment

2001 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZELMA WESTON HENRIQUES ◽  
NORMA MANATU-RUPERT
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
American Women ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Multiple Issues ◽  
Traditional Roles

This article examines the multiple issues that contribute to the incarceration of African American women and threaten to render these women recidivists. These issues include but are not limited to substance abuse, sexual abuse, fractured familial relations, and abusive intimate relationships. In an attempt to examine these issues, the article explores how, prior to their imprisonment, social factors contravene African American women's attempts at enforcing their traditional roles as “women.” The article attempts to show that the increased incarceration of African American women is part of a cultural phenomenon that reflects their social exclusion in U.S. society.

A Structural Equation Model of Depression Risk in Young Women With a History of Child Sexual Abuse

2021 ◽  
pp. 155708512110441
Author(s):  
David Cantón-Cortés ◽  
María Rosario Cortés ◽  
José Cantón
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Anxious Attachment ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Depression Risk

This study aimed to propose and empirically test a model of the role of beliefs and emotions, self-destructive coping, and anxious attachment in the etiology of depression among a sample of 217 female survivors of child sexual abuse. The structural equation model showed a direct path from feelings of betrayal, self-destructive coping, and major anxious attachment to depression. The model also showed an indirect path (via self-destructive coping and anxious attachment) from feelings of powerlessness—particularly self-blame/stigma—to depression. The present results confirmed the existence of an explanatory model of depression risk in young adult women.

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