Victimization and Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use Disorders in a Nationally Representative Sample

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perpetration and victimization of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) in the past year and substance use disorders (SUDs) in the past year, including alcohol, sedatives/tranquilizers, cocaine, cannabis, and nicotine stratified according to sex. Data were from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. A series of adjusted logistic regression models were conducted. Among men and women, all types of SUDs were associated with increased odds of IPV perpetration (odds ranging from 1.4 to 8.5 adjusting for sociodemographic variables). IPV victimization increased the odds of having all types of SUDs for male and female victims, with the exception of sedatives/tranquilizer abuse/dependence among women (odds ranging from 1.5 to 6.0 adjusting for sociodemographic variables). Substances that had the most robust relationship with perpetration and victimization of IPV included alcohol and cannabis, after adjusting for sociodemographic variables, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and mutual violence.

Intimate partner violence trends in Brazil: data from two waves of the Brazilian National Alcohol and Drugs Survey

“…We also found that major predictors of IPV perpetration, such as illegal substance use (apart from sedative use), were identical between genders. Like in previous studies 24,34 our findings suggest that the profile of IPV goes beyond gender differences, being more related to exposure to substance use, 35,36 especially cocaine. 37 The coexistence of victimization and aggression is an important issue that has received attention over the last decades.…”

“…It must be highlighted that only a few studies so far have specifically investigated bidirectional violence; however, the risk factors mentioned have been identified beforesuch as alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use. 29,35 Okuda et al 38 have shown that across an extensive variety of factors, the strongest association with violence perpetration is victimization itself, leading to a cycle of escalating violence. Taken together, the present results and the literature about bidirectional IPV indicate that individuals affected by bidirectional violence tend to suffer the most.…”

The Epidemiology of Firearm Violence in the Twenty-First Century United States

“…Alcohol and controlled substance abuse are important predictors of future risk for violence, including firearm violence, whether directed at others (3,25,29,34,38) or at oneself (8,14,16,32,33) and whether or not mental illness is also present (21,26). There is widespread support-among the general public (11), firearm owners (11), firearm retailers (67), and experts in the field (1, 22)-for policies that would prohibit the purchase and possession of firearms by persons with multiple criminal convictions related to alcohol abuse.…”

Prevalência de violência por parceiro íntimo em idosos e fatores associados: revisão sistemática

“…Of the 19 papers selected, 15 included in their samples adults and elderly 4,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] and four only elderly 10,[35][36][37] . Five studies 4,24,25,29,33 stratified the prevalence by age group, thus identifying IPV among the elderly.…”

“…However, in US studies, women older than 55 years were more affected by IPV than younger women 7 , with intimate partners accounting for 13-50% of the abuse committed 8 . Similarly, in Spain, 29.4% of elderly women suffered this type of violence 9 . In Brazil, the prevalence of intimate partner violence in the study of elderly women and men was 5.9% for physical violence and 20.9% for psychological violence 10 , while in Brazil and Colombia, a study carried out with 60-74 year-olds, IPV found prevalence of psychological violence in women of 26.0% and 20.4%, respectively.…”