Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5551-7942
Date Available
11-12-2023
Year of Publication
2023
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Christal L. Badour
Abstract
Violence victimization and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are prevalent among individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). Current evidence is mixed regarding the impact they have on substance use-related treatment outcomes and few studies have examined victimization and PTSD symptoms together in the same model. The current study will evaluate whether there is an indirect effect of past year victimization on substance use-related treatment outcomes through the pathway of PTSD symptom severity, among a subsample of 1,613 adult men and women reporting a lifetime history of victimization who participated in the Kentucky Treatment Outcome Study (KTOS), a statewide study evaluating federally- and state-funded substance use treatment programs. Gender will be examined as a moderator. It is expected that past year victimization and PTSD symptoms will be highly prevalent in our sample and will be associated with poorer substance use-related treatment outcomes. It is also expected that there will be an indirect effect of past year victimization on substance use-related treatment outcomes through the pathway of PTSD symptom severity and that the relationship between past year victimization and PTSD symptom severity will be stronger in women than in men.
Funding Information
Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship 2020-2023, The UNited In True Equity Predoctoral Research Enhancement Program 2022-2023
Recommended Citation
Penn, Christopher John, "VICTIMIZATION, SYMPTOMS OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, AND GENDER AS PREDICTORS OF LONG-TERM SUBSTANCE USE OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS IN COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROGRAMS" (2023). Theses and Dissertations--Psychology. 247.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/psychology_etds/247
