Journal article
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Coping Motives Mediate the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Alcohol Problems
Abstract
Childhood maltreatment is associated with increased risk of alcohol misuse. Posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and coping motives have both been identified, separately, as mediators of the relation between childhood maltreatment and alcohol misuse but have yet to be examined as serial mediators in a high-risk population. A total of 564 adolescents (53.7% female; M age = 15.9 years, SD = 1.1) in the care of child welfare services completed …
Authors
Park T; Thompson K; Wekerle C; Al‐Hamdani M; Smith S; Hudson A; Goldstein A; Stewart SH
Journal
Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 918–926
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
12 2019
DOI
10.1002/jts.22467
ISSN
0894-9867