@article{ref1,
title="Who benefits from gender-responsive treatment? Accounting for abuse history on longitudinal outcomes for women in prison",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2014",
author="Saxena, Preeta and Messina, Nena P. and Grella, Christine E.",
volume="41",
number="4",
pages="417-432",
abstract="This study explores outcome variation among women offenders who participated in gender-responsive substance abuse treatment (GRT). To identify subgroups of participants that may differentially benefit from this treatment, secondary analyses examined the interaction between randomization into GRT and a history of abuse (physical/sexual) on depression and number of substances used post treatment. The sample consisted of 115 incarcerated women assessed at baseline and 6 and 12 months post parole. Longitudinal regression showed that women reporting abuse randomized into GRT had significantly reduced odds of depression (odds ratio [OR] =.29, p <.05, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.10, 0.86]) and lowered rates of number of substances used (incidence rate ratio [IRR] =.52, p <.05, 95% CI = [0.28, 0.98]), in comparison with those who reported abuse and were randomized to the non-GRT group. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that GRT for women offenders who have experienced prior abuse may maximize the benefits of the trauma-informed, gender-sensitive intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854813514405",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854813514405"
}