Prachi H Bhuptani, Aradhana Srinagesh, Reina Kiefer, Nicole H Weiss
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Abstract
Objective: Sexual assault is a prevalent public health concern linked to numerous negative health consequences, including increased alcohol use and related harm. The current cross-sectional study examined the roles of shame and emotional avoidance in the association between a history of sexual assault and alcohol use and related harm among adults receiving residential substance use treatment. Specifically, we examined whether a history of sexual assault related to alcohol use and related harm indirectly through heightened shame and greater emotional avoidance.
Method: Participants were 140 adults in residential substance use treatment (Mage = 40.6 years, 50.8% women, 70.0% white) who completed self-report measures assessing sexual assault, shame, emotional avoidance, and alcohol use and related harm.
Results: Cross-sectional mediation analyses indicated that a history of sexual assault was indirectly associated with increased alcohol use and related harm via heightened shame and greater emotional avoidance.
Conclusions: Findings suggest that interventions targeting alcohol use and related harm may benefit from reducing shame and decreasing emotional avoidance among individuals with a history of sexual assault.
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The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs began in 1940 as the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. It was founded by Howard W. Haggard, M.D., director of Yale University’s Laboratory of Applied Physiology. Dr. Haggard was a physiologist studying the effects of alcohol on the body, and he started the Journal as a way to publish the increasing amount of research on alcohol use, abuse, and treatment that emerged from Yale and other institutions in the years following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. In addition to original research, the Journal also published abstracts summarizing other published documents dealing with alcohol. At Yale, Dr. Haggard built a large team of alcohol researchers within the Laboratory of Applied Physiology—including E.M. Jellinek, who became managing editor of the Journal in 1941. In 1943, to bring together the various alcohol research projects conducted by the Laboratory, Dr. Haggard formed the Section of Studies on Alcohol, which also became home to the Journal and its editorial staff. In 1950, the Section was renamed the Center of Alcohol Studies.
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