An Empirical Typology of Drinking Partnerships and Their Relationship to Marital Functioning and Drinking Consequences

Roberts, Linda J.; Leonard, Kenneth E.

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“…In particular, certain patterns of heavy consumption by husbands and wives may not be experienced as stressful, but rather may serve a positive, supportive function in the relationship. Roberts and Leonard (1998) delineated five types of drinking partnerships. The Frequent Intimate pattern was characterized by very high levels of drinking frequency, above average levels of usual consumption, and predominant consumption at home with one's partner.…”

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Alcohol use, alcohol problems, and depressive symptomatology among newly married couples

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Leonard

Kearns-Bodkin

2006

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Background: Individuals married to heavy drinking spouses often have poorer health compared to those whose spouses are not heavy drinkers. This work examined how one spouse's alcohol involvement and alcohol-related problems affect his/her spouse's depressive symptomatology over time.Methods: Couples (N = 634) were assessed for past year alcohol involvement and alcohol-related problems (marital and non-marital) and depressive symptomatology when they applied for a marriage license. They were reassessed at their first and second anniversaries. Multilevel models were used to analyze the association between one spouse's alcohol involvement and alcohol problems and his/ her partner's depressive symptomatology over time.Results: Both husbands' and wives' marital alcohol problems were associated with wives' depressive symptoms. Neither spouses' alcohol consumption was associated with wives' depressive symptoms. Husbands' marriage-related alcohol problems and frequency of heavy drinking were related to husbands' depressive symptoms; however, wives' alcohol problems and alcohol use were unrelated to husbands' depression. Conclusions:In a community sample of married couples, we found that husbands' and wives' marital alcohol problems affect wives' depressive symptoms, but only husbands' marital alcohol problems affect husbands' depressive symptoms. Future work should consider other subgroups of alcohol-related problems in one spouse and their relation to depression in his/her partner.

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Alcohol use, alcohol problems, and depressive symptomatology among newly married couples

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Leonard

Kearns-Bodkin

2006

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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“…Despite the appeal and empirical evidence for compatibility theory, there are also results that are seemingly at odds with compatibility theory in that, when couples consume large quantities of alcohol, they have a higher risk of experiencing relationship problems (Roberts and Leonard, 1998;Wiersma et al, 2009). Alcohol use has been cited as one of the major reasons for breaking up or divorcing (Amato and Previti, 2003;Halford and Osgarby, 1993;Leonard et al, 2013) among younger (Collins et al, 2007;Leonard et al, 2013) and older adults (Ostermann et al, 2005) and for interpersonal violence (Leadley et al, 2000;Wiersma et al, 2010).…”

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“…Research demonstrates that there are many consequences for couples who drink discrepantly (Fischer and Wiersma, 2012). For example, couples who drink discrepantly in their relationships, compared with those who drink congruently, reported lower relationship quality (Mudar et al, 2001;Roberts and Leonard, 1998;Wiersma et al, 2009). These studies examined drinking partnerships cross-sectionally.…”

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“…Congruent (i.e., couple similar) and discrepant (i.e., couple dissimilar) dyadic drinking partnerships using cluster analysis were fi rst described by Roberts and Leonard (1998) in adult married couples. Drinking partnerships were based on couple patterns of typical quantity and frequency of alcohol intake, context in which drinking occurs, and similarities or differences between partners' drinking levels.…”

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Young Adult Drinking Partnerships: Alcohol-Related Consequences and Relationship Problems Six Years Later

Wiersma¹,

Fischer²

2014

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: This study examines the association between young adult drinking partnerships (ages 18-26 years) and later alcohol-related problems and consequences, alcohol use, relationship quality, and relationship dissolution in adult relationships (ages 26-35). Method: Data came from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health; Waves III and IV) with 1,347 young adults and their partners at Wave III, including dating, cohabiting, and married couples, and individual adult behaviors at Wave IV, 6 years later. Drinking partnerships were based on alcohol use frequency, quantity, heavy episodic drinking, and getting drunk. Results: Four clusters included (a) congruent light and infrequent, (b) discrepant male heavy and frequent, (c) discrepant female heavy and frequent, and (d) congruent heavy and frequent drinkers. Young adult discrepant partnerships reported more alcohol-related problems and consequences 6 years later. Young adults in the congruent heavy drinking partnership indicated more separation/ divorce and alcohol use as adults. Young adult married men who drank discrepantly and higher compared to their wives reported higher rates of adult drinking and problems than other men. There were a number of negative effects from congruent heavy drinking, especially for women. Conclusions: These fi ndings demonstrated that there are multiple types of young adult drinking partnerships based on couples' alcohol use behaviors. Men may be at risk for serious alcohol-related problems later in adulthood, especially when paired with discrepant drinking partners and congruent heavy drinking partners. Women are at risk when in congruent, heavy and frequent drinking partnerships. Studying romantic relationships and drinking has implications for broad aspects of young adult and adult development. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 75, 704-712, 2014)

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“…Some studies have even suggested that couples with two heavydrinking partners tend to have better relationships than couples with only a single heavy drinker (Fals-Stewart, Birchler, & O'Farrell, 1999;Floyd, Cranford, Daugherty, Zucker, & Fitzgerald, 2006;Roberts & Leonard, 1998), though this may not be the case for shared nicotine addiction (Mudar, Leonard, & Soltysinski, 2001). In contrast to role incompatibility theory (Thornton & Nordi, 1975), which Fals-Stewart et al (1999) offer as an explanation for salutary marital functioning in "drinking partnerships," the SSF account emphasizes situational variations in cohesion-promoting functions of substance use rather than trait-like differences in relationship quality based on discrepancies between traditional versus deviant partner roles.…”

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Symptom-system fit in couples: Emotion regulation when one or both partners smoke.

Shoham¹,

Butler²,

Rohrbaugh³

et al. 2007

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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In a laboratory smoking experiment, 25 couples in which 1 or both partners continued to smoke despite 1 of them having heart or lung disease discussed a health-related disagreement before and during a period of smoking. Immediately afterward, the partners used independent joysticks to recall their continuous emotional experience during the interaction while watching themselves on video. Participants in dual-smoker couples reported increased positive emotion contingent upon lighting up, whereas those in single-smoker couples reported the opposite. The results highlight the role of smoking in close relationships, particularly in regulating emotional closeness when both partners smoke. Attention to this fit between symptom and system may be useful in helping couples achieve stable cessation.

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An Empirical Typology of Drinking Partnerships and Their Relationship to Marital Functioning and Drinking Consequences

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Alcohol use, alcohol problems, and depressive symptomatology among newly married couples

Alcohol use, alcohol problems, and depressive symptomatology among newly married couples

Young Adult Drinking Partnerships: Alcohol-Related Consequences and Relationship Problems Six Years Later

Symptom-system fit in couples: Emotion regulation when one or both partners smoke.

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