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- Title
Examining the Psychosocial Functioning and Characteristics of Incarcerated Girls with a Substance Use Disorder.
- Authors
Welch-Brewer, Chiquitia; Roberts-Lewis, Amelia
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the psychosocial characteristics of incarcerated girls with a substance use disorder. Profile analysis, the repeated measures extension of multivariate analysis of variance, was conducted to compare a state-based sample of incarcerated girls with ( n = 140) and without ( n = 63) a substance use disorder across multiple subscales of the Multidimensional Adolescent Assessment Scale. Girls with a substance use disorder had higher levels of problem severity. They were more likely to have problems related to alcohol use, drug use, aggression, and cognition. Incarcerated girls with a substance use disorder may benefit from intense interventions that focus on cognitive restructuring or cognitive recovery, and interventions that promote coping and stress management skills.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; ANALYSIS of variance; JUVENILE delinquency; MULTIVARIATE analysis; STRESS management; SUBSTANCE abuse; REPEATED measures design
- Publication
Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2011, Vol 28, Issue 3, p175
- ISSN
0738-0151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10560-011-0226-0