@article{ref1,
title="Post-traumatic growth in women with histories of addiction and victimization residing in a sober living home",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2021",
author="Edwards, Katie M. and Siller, Laura and Ullman, Sarah E. and Lee, Katherine D. M. and Murphy, Sharon B.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Research consistently documents the deleterious sequelae of interpersonal trauma, including domestic and sexual violence (DSV). More recently, however, researchers and practitioners have focused on positive outcomes, such as post-traumatic growth (PTG), in survivors of DSV. Although research has begun to document the prevalence and correlates of PTG, no study to our knowledge has explored PTG in a sample of women with histories of addiction and victimization residing in a trauma-informed sober living home (SLH). The purpose of the current study was to examine this gap in the literature. Participants were 59 women (89.8% White; 86.4% heterosexual; mean age = 41.6) who completed a survey while residing in a SLH. Most women reported moderate to high levels of PTG. At the bivariate level PTG was related to less depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and financial worries, and greater active coping, and sense of community. PTG was also related to the absence of past 6-month physical intimate partner violence. In regression analyses, PTG was related to less depression and greater sense of community. These data offer insights into modifiable factors such as fostering a sense of community while also promoting mental health treatment that could be the focus of interventions to increase PTG in women with histories of addiction and victimization residing in SLHs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260521991283",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260521991283"
}