Citation

Hellmuth JC, Gordon KC, Moore TM, Stuart GL. Am. J. Addict. 2014; 23(6): 613-615.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1521-0391.2014.12137.x

PMID

25079047

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: We examined the moderating effect of women's alcohol misuse on the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and postpartum depression.

METHODS: Self-report data were collected from 122 women. Analyses controlled for women's baseline depression severity and partner alcohol misuse.

RESULTS: Women's alcohol misuse moderated the relationship between psychological IPV victimization and postpartum depression only at high levels of the moderator.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Findings highlight the mental health risk posed by the combination of psychological IPV and alcohol misuse postpartum. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Findings emphasize the need to investigate the understudied topic of women's postpartum alcohol misuse. (Am J Addict 2014;XX:XX-XX).

Language: en