TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Childhood abuse, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and alcohol misuse among African-American women
JO  - Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
A1  - Florez, Ivonne Andrea
A1  - Mekawi, Yara
A1  - Hunnicutt-Ferguson, Kallio
A1  - Visser, Katherine Frost
A1  - Clunie, Amber M.
A1  - Dunn, Sarah E.
A1  - Kaslow, Nadine J.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The study explored associations among childhood abuse, post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and alcohol misuse in a sample of low-income African-American women (<i>N</i> = 172). Using bootstrapping techniques, a mediation effect was found of childhood physical and emotional abuse on alcohol misuse via PTSS symptom severity, avoidance, and hyperarousal, as well as for childhood sexual abuse on alcohol misuse via PTSS symptom severity and hyperarousal. Our results suggest that PTSS indicators, particularly symptom severity and hyperarousal, may be important mechanisms underlying the association of experiences of abuse during childhood and alcohol misuse in adulthood.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1533-2640
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2020.1725707
ID  - ref1
ER  -