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Differences in personal, cognitive, psychological, and social factors associated with drug and alcohol use and nonuse by homeless women
Author(s) -
Nyamathi Adeline,
Keenan Colleen,
Bayley Linda
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(199812)21:6<525::aid-nur6>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - hostility , anxiety , clinical psychology , coping (psychology) , psychology , social support , cognition , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology
The purpose of this study was to compare differences in personal, cognitive, behavioral, psychological, and social variables among homeless women who were current drug or alcohol users, or both, past drug or alcohol users, or both, and those who never used drugs or alcohol. The sample consisted of 1,013 women residing in 73 Los Angeles homeless shelters. Depression, anxiety, hostility, emotion‐focused coping, lower self‐esteem, and less social support were more prevalent among homeless women who continued to use drugs and alcohol than among past users or those who never used. AIDS knowledge was higher among past users. The results contribute important knowledge regarding the pattern of cognitive, psychological, and social differences between users and nonusers. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Res Nurs Health 21:525–532, 1998