Malitta Engstrom

Biographic Data

ID5097464
NAMEMalitta Engstrom
GIVEN NAMESMalitta
FAMILY NAMEEngstrom
SIGNATUREENGSTROM M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Pennsylvania
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS17
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • The Role Play and Simulations: Variations in the Contemporary Social Work Classroom

    Jacqueline Corcoran, Malitta Engstrom et al.ARTICLEJournal of Teaching in Social Work2024

  • A Scoping Review of the Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM)

    Open AccessMelanie Masin-Moyer, Jessica Cho Kim et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2022

    The link between interpersonal trauma and negative biopsychosocial outcomes has been well-documented. Integrated treatments that address trauma, mental health, and substance use among women with trauma histories have been found to be more effective than treatments that focus separately on these concerns. Since the early 2000s, the Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM) has been described as a “promising” integrated trauma group therapy for …

  • A Comparative Effectiveness Study of a Shortened Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model and an Attachment-Informed Adaptation

    Open AccessMelanie Masin-Moyer, Malitta Engstrom et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2019References: 6

    Relational challenges often associated with interpersonal trauma may hinder survivors' abilities to fully benefit from group therapy. This quasi-experimental study compared clinical outcomes of a 16-week version of the Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM) for women and an attachment-informed adaptation (ATREM). Prior findings of TREM are extended by demonstrating that both group conditions can facilitate comparable clinical outcomes, crea…

  • Woman to Woman (W2W): Adapting an HIV risk reduction intervention for older women

    Laneshia R Conner, Malitta Engstrom et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2018

    Woman to Woman (W2W) is a novel adaptation of the Sisters Informing Sisters about Topics on AIDS (SISTA) HIV prevention program. This article describes the process of adapting and piloting W2W based on recommendations from existing HIV prevention research. Six older women, all of whom had histories of homelessness and the majority of whom identified as African American, enrolled in the study, which piloted the adapted intervention and materials, …

  • Psychological distress among victimized women on probation and parole: A latent class analysis

    Open AccessSeana Golder, Malitta Engstrom et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2015

    Latent class analysis was used to identify subgroups of victimized women (N = 406) on probation and parole differentiated by levels of general psychological distress. The 9 primary symptom dimensions from the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) were used individually as latent class indicators (Derogatis, 1993). Results identified 3 classes of women characterized by increasing levels of psychological distress; classes were further differentiated by pos…

  • Childhood victimization, attachment, psychological distress, and substance use among women on probation and parole

    Open AccessKatherine M Winham, Malitta Engstrom et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2015

    The present analysis was guided by a gendered pathways-based theoretical model and examined relationships between childhood victimization and current attachment, psychological distress, and substance use among 406 women with histories of victimization who were on probation and parole in an urban Kentucky county. Structural equation modeling examined relationships among childhood victimization, attachment, psychological distress, and substance use…

  • Age and HIV Sexual Risk among Women in Methadone Treatment

    Open AccessMalitta Engstrom, Tazuko Shibusawa et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2009

  • Childhood Sexual Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence among Women in Methadone Treatment: A Direct or Mediated Relationship

    Open AccessMalitta Engstrom, Nabila El-Bassel et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2008Cited by: 7References: 7

  • Psychological Distress and Intimate Physical and Sexual Abuse among Women in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programs

    Martin Schiff, Nabila El-Bassel et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review2002Cited by: 10References: 2

    Guided by the cognitive theory of stress and coping and the comprehensive health‐seeking and coping paradigm, this study examines associations among intimate partner abuse and psychological distress, posttraumatic stress disorder, childhood sexual abuse, and current drug use among a cohort of 416 women randomly recruited from New York City methadone treatment programs. Findings expand on past evidence of the high prevalence of psychological distr…