Citation

Wiersma JD, Cleveland HH, Herrera V, Fischer JL. J. Marriage Fam. 2010; 72(2): 360-374.

Affiliation

The Prevention and Methodology Centers, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, jdw22@psu.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, National Council on Family Relations, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00705.x

PMID

20532190

PMCID

PMC2880837

Abstract

Using data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examined intimate partner violence (IPV) and drinking partnerships in 741 young adults in male-female dating, cohabitating, and married relationships. Cluster analyses revealed four similar kinds of drinking partnerships: (a) congruent light and infrequent, (b) discrepant male heavy and frequent, (c) discrepant female heavy and infrequent, and (d) congruent moderate/heavy-frequent drinkers. Overall, there were no significant main effect differences across relationship type and clusters. The type of relationship and the type of drinking partnership interacted with contexts examined (i.e., type of violence severity, gender, and whether the violence was perpetration or victimization). Given the severity of IPV in couple relationships, additional empirical attention to drinking partnerships is warranted.

Language: en