Citation

Feingold A, Kerr DC, Capaldi DM. J. Fam. Psychol. 2008; 22(3): 429-438.

Affiliation

Oregon Social Learning Center.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/0893-3200.22.3.429

PMID

18540771

PMCID

PMC2773014

Abstract

Associations of substance use problems in men--defined as a man's meeting at least 1 criterion of dependence on each of a number of substances by his mid-20s--with their perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) were examined in an at-risk community sample of 150 men in long-term relationships from their late adolescence to their late 20s. Men who had a problem with substances other than sedatives (especially cannabis and hallucinogens) committed more IPV than did men without such problems. Most of the men who had a problem with marijuana also had an alcohol problem, which explains why alcohol was found to have only an indirect association with IPV. The failure of previous alcohol-use studies to control for co-occurrence of alcohol and marijuana problems may explain the discrepancy with conclusions from past research that alcohol problems contribute directly to the perpetration of IPV.

Language: en