Symptoms of posttraumatic stress partially mediate the relationship between gender-based violence and alcohol misuse among South African women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association of traumatic experiences with problematic alcohol use has been described, but data on possible mediation effects of mental distress are sparse. We examined whether mental ill-health mediated the association between trauma exposure across the lifespan and alcohol use.

Method

We analysed cross-sectional data from a sample of rape-exposed and non-rape-exposed women, living in KwaZulu-Natal, with self-reported data on alcohol misuse (AUDIT-C cut-off ≥ 3) and exposure to childhood maltreatment (CM), intimate partner violence (IPV), non-partner sexual violence (NPSV), other traumatic events, and mental ill-health. Logistic regression and multiple mediation models were used to test the mediation effects of symptoms of depression and PTSS on the associatio

SUBMITTER: Nguyen KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10288665 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature