Department
Counseling and Human Services
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Date of Award
10-2019
Format
Degree Level
Ph.D.
LCSH subject
Substance abuse--treatment--Hispanic American soldiers
Proquest Document ID
2386371443
Identifier
Bocanegra10-2019
School/University
St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Texas)
Size or duration
vii, 58 pages
Copyright date
2019
Document Type
Dissertation
First Advisor
Dan Ratcliff
Abstract
This study examined factors that influenced whether Hispanic soldiers will elect to seek treatment for alcohol abuse. The data for this study were collected using archival data from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS) survey conducted between the years 2011 and 2013. The STARRS dataset consisted over 21,000 surveys but for this study the sample size was specific to Hispanic soldiers wi th alcohol abuse (n= 917). The impact of seven independent variables on the dependent variable of treatment seeking was examined in the final statistical model. The seven independent variables examined were pri mary language, gender, marital status, age, immigrant status, psychological distress, and confiding in partners. To analyze the data, this study used a binary logistic regression to examine the outcome variable, treat ment seeking in Hispanic soldiers with alcohol abuse. The results of the binary logistic regression analysis demonstrated that from the seven independent variables under consideration, only psychological distress a nd gender influenced treatment seeking. The mathematical model accurately classified 71.3% of the cases.
Recommended Citation
Bocanegra, Karina L., "Factors influencing Hispanic soldiers seeking treatment for alcohol abuse : secondary analysis of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience of Servicemembers (STARRS)" (2019). Dissertations. 32.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/dissertations/32
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