Browsing by Subject "Abuse"

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    Comparing classification vs. continuum models of the structure of substance dependence and abuse.
    (2009-12) Vrieze, Scott Ian
    Substance use disorders are classified as categorical disorders by prominent nosologies [1]. A bevy of structural equation models have suggested dimensional solutions to drug dependence and abuse criteria. However, it is well known that factor models can fit categorical structures, and class models can fit dimensional structures. Recent research has thus compared relative fits of both latent class and trait models, and in some cases mixtures of latent traits. Results have been inconsistent, in large part due to the level of analysis. We attend to both problems by fitting models in a large sample with high base rates of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and stimulant disorders, allowing us to fit complex models both at fine and coarse levels of analysis (e.g., only alcohol items versus all items from a variety of drug classes). In general, dependence and abuse items from different drug classes can be modeled with drug-specific factors, one per drug. When more complex models are fit only to alcohol items, the best fitting model is a mixture of latent traits that maps closely onto DSM-IV-TR [1] nosology.
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    MN Child Response Initiative Community Needs Assessment Results.
    (2003) Gewirtz, Abigail; Hartmann, Lacey
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    The Role of Spirituality in the Ongoing Recovery Process of Female Sexual Abuse Survivors
    (2008-10) Houg, Bonnie Louise
    This study investigated the role spirituality plays in the recovery process of female childhood sexual abuse survivors (CSA). Fourteen female CSA survivors participated in individual interviews. They responded to questions regarding their spiritual development across the recovery process, effects of spirituality on their interpersonal and intrapersonal processes, and obstacles to their spiritual development. Data were analyzed using Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR; Hill et al., 1997) to identify major themes that include: 1) participants distinguished between spirituality and religion; 2) the role of spirituality varied across their recovery process; 3) many had a positive spiritual role model/mentor during their childhood; 4) ongoing sexual abuse led to rebellion as adolescents/young adults (e.g., anger against God’s failure to intervene, self-destructive behaviors that further exacerbated mistrust, shame and alienation; and 5) participants eventually reached spiritual reconciliation, which they viewed as the greatest single factor in their recovery. Practice and research recommendations are provided.