Alcohol and intimate partner violence: when can we say that heavy drinking is a contributing cause of violence?

Leonard, Kenneth E.

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.00994.x

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“…This is consistent with a large literature demonstrating that alcohol increases the risk of aggression generally (e.g., Giancola et al, 2009) and against intimate partners specifically (Foran & O'Leary, 2008). This has led some to conclude that alcohol is likely a contributing cause of aggression (Leonard, 2005).…”

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Trait Anger and Partner-Specific Anger Management Moderate the Temporal Association Between Alcohol Use and Dating Violence

Shorey

McNulty

Moore

et al. 2017

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Research demonstrates alcohol temporally precedes and increases the odds of violence between intimate partners. However, despite an extensive theoretical literature on factors that likely moderate the relationship between alcohol and dating violence, minimal empirical research has examined such moderators. Method: The purpose of the present study was to examine two potential moderators of this association: trait anger and partner-specific anger management. Undergraduate men (N = 67) who had consumed alcohol within the past month and were in current dating relationships completed a baseline assessment of their trait anger and partner-specific anger management skills and subsequently completed daily assessments of their alcohol use and violence perpetration (psychological, physical, and sexual) for up to 90 consecutive days. Results: Alcohol was significantly associated with increased odds of physical aggression among men with relatively high but not low trait anger and partner-specific anger management deficits. In contrast, alcohol was significantly associated with increased odds of sexual aggression among men with relatively low trait anger and partner-specific anger management deficits. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate important differences in the roles of acute intoxication and anger management in the risk of physical aggression and sexual dating violence. Interventions for dating violence may benefit from targeting both alcohol and adaptive anger management skills. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 78, 313-318, 2017)

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Trait Anger and Partner-Specific Anger Management Moderate the Temporal Association Between Alcohol Use and Dating Violence

Shorey

McNulty

Moore

et al. 2017

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…Across different cultures, violence is more severe when one or both partners (most often the male partner) has been drinking [6]. Meta-analyses suggest that alcohol plays a causal contributing role in aggression generally; [7] however, the extent to which alcohol’s role in IPV is causal, is complex and contested [8]. In addition, across the globe, IPV is a gendered issue, reflecting the unequal power relationships between men and women.…”

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Alcohol interventions, alcohol policy and intimate partner violence: a systematic review

2014

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BackgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant global public health issue. The consistent evidence that alcohol use by one or both partners contributes to the risk and severity of IPV suggests that interventions that reduce alcohol consumption may also reduce IPV. This study sought to review the evidence for effects on IPV of alcohol interventions at the population, community, relationship and individual levels using the World Health Organization ecological framework for violence.MethodsEleven databases including Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL and EMBASE were searched for English-language studies and grey literature published 1 January 1992 – 1 March 2013 investigating whether alcohol interventions/policies were associated with IPV reduction within adult (≥18) intimate relationships. Eleven studies meeting design criteria for attributing effects to the intervention and ten studies showing mediation of alcohol consumption were included in the review. The heterogeneity of study designs precluded quantitative meta analysis; therefore, a critical narrative approach was used.ResultsPopulation-level pricing and taxation studies found weak or no evidence for alcohol price changes influencing IPV. Studies of community-level policies or interventions (e.g., hours of sale, alcohol outlet density) showed weak evidence of an association with IPV. Couples-based and individual alcohol treatment studies found a relationship between reductions in alcohol consumption and reductions in IPV but their designs precluded attributing changes to treatment. Randomized controlled trials of combined alcohol and violence treatment programs found some positive effects of brief alcohol intervention as an adjunct to batterer treatment for hazardous drinking IPV perpetrators, and of brief interventions with non-dependent younger populations, but effects were often not sustained.ConclusionsDespite evidence associating problematic alcohol use with IPV, the potential for alcohol interventions to reduce IPV has not been adequately tested, possibly because studies have not focused on those most at risk of alcohol-related IPV. Research using rigorous designs should target young adult populations among whom IPV and drinking is highly prevalent. Combining alcohol and IPV intervention/policy approaches at the population, community, relationship and individual-level may provide the best opportunity for effective intervention.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-881) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Two situational factors in particular appear to play a prominent role in the etiology of IPA: alcohol intoxication (Leonard, 2005) and cognitive emotion regulatory strategies (Berzenski & Yates, 2010;Gratz, Paulson, Jakupcak, & Tull, 2009;McNulty & Hellmuth, 2008). The present study is designed to further illuminate the proximal effects of alcohol and the emotion regulatory strategies of anger rumination and reappraisal on IPA perpetration.…”

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The Effects of Alcohol Intoxication and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Lab-Based Partner Aggression

Watkins¹

2014

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Intimate partner aggression (IPA) is a serious national health concern that affects an alarming number of individuals and can lead to substantial psychological and physical suffering. Situational risk factors that arise in the immediate context of IPA reflect statelike influences that trigger aggression. Because these factors are more variable and fluctuate according to the situation, they are potentially promising targets for prevention and intervention efforts (e.g., through cognitive and behavioral interventions). Within this realm, two factors in particular appear to play a prominent role in the etiology of IPA: alcohol intoxication and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. In contrast to prior correlational work, the present study experimentally manipulated alcohol consumption and emotion regulatory strategies to assess their individual and combined effects on IPA, which was measured both observationally and through self-report. It was expected that both alcohol intoxication and anger rumination would increase IPA perpetration, whereas reappraisal would result in decreased IPA perpetration. Further, intoxication and emotion regulation strategies were expected to have interactive effects on IPA perpetration such that rumination would enhance associations between alcohol intoxication and aggression, whereas reappraisal would attenuate the relationship between alcohol and IPA perpetration. Hypotheses for the study were partially supported. Findings show that participants in the alcohol condition generally displayed greater IPA than participants in the placebo condition. Emotion regulation strategy condition was not found to affect IPA. When examining only the effects of alcohol and emotion regulation strategy condition, emotion strategy use did not moderate the relationship between alcohol intoxication and IPA. However, alcohol and emotion regulation strategy conditions were found to interact with trait levels of rumination and reappraisal to predict IPA. The implications of these results, future directions for research, and implications for IPA intervention and prevention strategies are discussed. (Harned, 2002;Straus, 2004).Although most research examining IPA has focused on heterosexual couples, IPA also occurs among heterosexual and same sex couples at similar rates (McClennen, 2005).Further, researchers agree that it is important to systematically examine IPA perpetration among both genders (Holtzworth-Munroe, 2005;Johnson, 2006;Straus, 2006) and among both heterosexual and same-sex couples (Fahmy & Fradella, 2014;McCLennen, 2005). 3University students are particularly at risk for IPA, with past-year prevalence rates ranging from approximately 20% to 50% (Cogan & Fennell, 2007; Forke, Myers, Catallozzi, & Schwartz, 2008;Riggs & O'Leary, 1996;Straus, 2004 Identifying demographic and dispositional risk factors provides invaluable information on which individuals are more likely to be aggressive towards their partners.However, these risk factors do not provide information about the specific circumsta...

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Alcohol and intimate partner violence: when can we say that heavy drinking is a contributing cause of violence?

Cited by 237 publications

References 38 publications

Trait Anger and Partner-Specific Anger Management Moderate the Temporal Association Between Alcohol Use and Dating Violence

Trait Anger and Partner-Specific Anger Management Moderate the Temporal Association Between Alcohol Use and Dating Violence

Alcohol interventions, alcohol policy and intimate partner violence: a systematic review

The Effects of Alcohol Intoxication and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Lab-Based Partner Aggression

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