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- Title
Why Young Women Who Use Opioids Are at Risk for Rape: The Impact of Social Vulnerabilities and Sexually Coercive Drug Using Contexts.
- Authors
Jessell, Lauren; Mateu-Gelabert, Pedro; Guarino, Honoria; Fong, Chunki
- Abstract
This study tests a theoretically informed model to understand why women who use opioids (WWUO) are at risk of rape while using drugs. Structured interviews were conducted with 168 WWUO. Three domains were hypothesized to increase risk: the sexually coercive context of drug use, women's social vulnerability, and drug use severity. Logistic regression examined the odds of being raped by domain. One-third of WWUO had been raped while using drugs. The sexually coercive context and social vulnerability domains significantly increased women's odds of being raped. Prevention efforts should target social and contextual factors.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); SUBSTANCE abuse prevention; NARCOTICS; RACISM; SUBSTANCE abuse; CONFIDENCE intervals; RAPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability; HUMAN sexuality; MATHEMATICAL models; RESEARCH methodology; MULTIPLE regression analysis; MULTIVARIATE analysis; INTERVIEWING; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; RISK assessment; EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY of women; THEORY; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISABILITIES; RESEARCH funding; JUDGMENT sampling; ODDS ratio; DATA analysis software; CONTROL (Psychology); ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2024, Vol 30, Issue 5, p1035
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10778012221137921