Traumatic experiences and re-victimization of female inmates undergoing treatment for substance abuse

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dc.contributor.affiliationMonte Fénix. Las Flores 439. San Angel Inn. Delegación Alvaro, Delegación Alvaro Obregón, 01060, D. F, México
dc.contributor.emailmartha.promero2@gmail.com
dc.creatorMejía, Berthaes_ES
dc.creatorZea, Palomaes_ES
dc.creatorRomero, Marthaes_ES
dc.creatorSaldívar, Gabrielaes_ES
dc.date2015
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-30T18:03:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-27T15:32:48Z
dc.date.available2025-09-30T18:03:50Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.published2015
dc.descriptionBackground: In the past decade, several studies have focused on the treatment needs of female inmates with substance abuse problems. An important finding has been that these women are more likely to report histories of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse-at rates varying from 77% to 90%. The trauma resulting from this kind of abuse is a key contributing factor in behavioral problems in adolescence and subsequent delinquency, substance abuse, and criminality in adulthood. Methods: This was a retrospective clinical study. A convenience sample of 112 women who entered the program's treatment groups consecutively for one year form part of the study. Information on traumatic events was obtained using some questions from the Initial Trauma Review. It explores whether the participant experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse, disasters, automobile accidents, or witnessed violence under the age of 18. It also examines experiences as an adult, including sexual and physical abuse, attacks by others who are not intimate partners, and abuse by authorities. Results: Revictimization in sexual abuse was found in 78.1% of participants. Significant differences were identified between women who had experienced a traumatic sexual event from a person five years their senior before the age of 18 and then suffered from sexual violence as an adult, and women who had never undergone either of these events (x(2) = 11.3, df 112/1, p = <.001). In physical abuse, the figure was 82.17%. Differences were observed between women who were revictimized through physical abuse before and after the age of 18 (x(2) = 5.91, df 112/1, p = <.01), and those who had not experienced any kind of revictimization. Significant differences were found between women who had suffered a traumatic sexual event as a child and subsequently physical violence from their parents, and women who had not undergone either of these events (x(2) = 3.48, df 112/1, p = <.05). Conclusions: Investment in treatment in these areas during the prison sentence and after release may contribute to preventing these women from become repeat offenders. Creating sources of work and halfway houses that continue the program to prevent relapses into substance use can help defend the human rights of this group of women and achieve social justice.es_ES
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dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1747-597X-10-5
dc.identifier.eissn1747-597X
dc.identifier.organizacionInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
dc.identifier.placeInglaterra
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1747-597X-10-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.inprf.gob.mx/handle/123456789/8432
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherBioMed Centrales_ES
dc.relation10:5
dc.relation.jnabreviadoSUBST ABUSE TREAT PREV POLICY
dc.relation.journalSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
dc.rightsAcceso Cerradoes_ES
dc.subject.kwWomen
dc.subject.kwPrison
dc.subject.kwSubstance abuse
dc.subject.kwTraumatic experiences
dc.titleTraumatic experiences and re-victimization of female inmates undergoing treatment for substance abusees_ES
dc.typeArtículoes_ES

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