TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Child Sexual Abuse, Dissociation, and Alcohol: Implications of Chemical Dissociation via Blackouts Among College Women JO - American journal of drug and alcohol abuse encompassing all addictive disorders A1 - Klanecky, Alicia K. A1 - Harrington, Jennifer A1 - McChargue, Dennis E. SP - 277 EP - 284 VL - 34 IS - 3 N2 - The present study examined whether childhood sexual trauma moderated the relationships between dissociation and both problematic college drinking and alcohol-induced blackouts among a sample of college females (N = 156). Cross-sectional data were consistent with the moderation hypotheses. Simple effects showed that the relationship between dissociation and blackout frequency as well as problematic drinking only existed among those with sexual trauma histories (p < .035), but not among those reporting no sexual trauma exposure (p = .333). Findings implicate the use of alcohol as a possible maladaptive coping mechanism among college females with childhood sexual trauma.

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LA - en SN - 0095-2990 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990802013441 ID - ref1 ER -