Internalized shame among justice-involved women in substance use disorder treatment

Shame is one of the leading barriers to successful recovery in substance use treatment settings. This secondary analysis study examined measurement invariance of the Internalized Shame Scale (ISS) and explored changes in shame during treatment. Participants (N=105) in the parent study were recruited from a nonprofit residential treatment center for justice-involved women and were randomized to receive mindfulness-based relapse prevention or relapse prevention treatment. A series of confirmatory factor analyses were used to assess measurement invariance in a one-factor measurement model of the ISS. Latent growth curve modeling was used to examine change in shame over time. Our findings support the assumption of measurement invariance across multiple time points and across treatment conditions, supporting comparisons of stigma scores across groups and over time. Although we observed significant reductions in shame from pre- to post-treatment, there were no differences across treatment conditions. Additional research is needed to determine how distinct treatment components relate to reductions in shame among individuals receiving treatment for a substance use disorder

Confirmatory factor analysis · Measurement invariance · Mindfulness · Scale (ratio · Shame · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Clinical Psychology · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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