Citation

Waller MW, Iritani BJ, Flewelling RL, Christ SL, Halpern CT, Moracco KE. Violence Vict. 2012; 27(4): 527-547.

Affiliation

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514-2812, USA. mwaller@PIRE.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22978073

Abstract

This study examined whether alcohol outlet density is associated with male physical and sexual victimization by a female partner. Data were from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). A total of 3,179 young adult men identified a current heterosexual relationship and had complete intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization data. Almost 16% of this sample reported being the victim of physical only IPV in their relationship over the previous 12 months; an additional 6.4% were victims of sexual only or sexual and physical IPV. Multivariate analyses indicated high alcohol outlet density was associated with greater odds of experiencing physical IPV only (odds ratio [OR] = 2.07). Heavy drinkers experienced increased odds of physical and sexual IPV victimization. Alcohol outlet density should be addressed in prevention efforts.

Language: en