Drug overdose among women in intimate relationships: The role of partner violence, adversity and relationship dependencies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examines the relationship between experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV), exposure to prior childhood adversity, lifetime adverse experiences, drug-related relationship dependencies with intimate partners and overdose, hospitalization for drug use, friends and family members who overdosed and witnessing overdose.

Methodology

This paper included a sample of 201 women who use drugs in heterosexual relationships with criminal justice-involved men in New York City. We included measures of experiencing overdose, hospitalization for drug use, witnessing overdose, and having friends and family who overdosed. Intimate partner violence consisted of either 1) none/verbal only, 2) moderate and 3) severe abuse. Dichotomous indicators of drug-related relations

SUBMITTER: El-Bassel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934332 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature