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Male violence against women with substance abuse problems: some health aspects
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS). Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Biological psychology.
2015 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The objective was to investigate to which extent two groups of women with substance abuse problems were exposed to male violence; women with a residence (WR, n= 35) and homeless women (HW, n= 44). The sample thus included 79 women (mean age: 47.8 years), of which 91% had experienced different kinds of male violence: from former partners, male friends or acquaintances, and 71% reported “Countless occasions of violent events”.  Almost half of the women (46%) met criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and HW displayed the higher risk (RR 3.78) as compared to WR. Furthermore, one-third of the abused women (26 out of 72) had been forced to commit criminal acts. Compared to the abused women without this experience, they were more likely: to be homeless, to be illicit drug addicts, to have reported parental alcohol and/or drug problems, to have witnessed domestic violence in childhood, and to have been victims of sexual abuse. Finally, the two groups significantly differed concerning ever having received treatment for mental problems, in that more WR women had received such treatment (74 % as compared to 46 %). In conclusion, it is suggested that experiences of male violence are to be considered in all different forms of treatment facilities for women with substance abuse problems.

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2015.
Keywords [en]
substance abuse, male violence, women with a residence, homelessness, mental health, PTSD, criminal activity
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Psychology
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-125259OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-125259DiVA, id: diva2:892230
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2015 Conference of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, London, Ontario, Canada, July 27-31, 2015.
Available from: 2016-01-08 Created: 2016-01-08 Last updated: 2022-02-23Bibliographically approved

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