Citation

Lynch KR, Renzetti CM. J. Interpers. Violence 2017; ePub(ePub): 886260517708758.

Affiliation

University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260517708758

PMID

29294750

Abstract

Research suggests that the relationship between alcohol use and intimate partner violence (IPV) is moderated by a range of other factors. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between alcohol use, hostile sexism, and religious self-regulation with perpetration. Using a national sample of 255 men, we found that hostile sexism was associated with physical violence toward a partner and alcohol use was positively associated with psychological abuse toward a partner. With regard to religious self-regulation, we found that introjected religious self-regulation was positively associated with hostile sexism and positively associated with perpetrating physical IPV. Identified religious self-regulation was negatively associated with physical violence perpetration. We also found significant interactions among our independent measures on physical IPV perpetration. These analyses suggest that increased alcohol consumption elevates the risk for physical violence perpetration among men who are high in introjected religious self-regulation and low in hostile sexism, while reducing the risk for perpetration in men who are high in identified religious self-regulation and low in hostile sexism. Implications and limitations of the findings are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

alcohol and drugs; batterers; domestic violence; spirituality and violence