@article{ref1,
title="Harms from a partner's drinking: an international study on adverse effects and reduced quality of life for women",
journal="American journal of drug and alcohol abuse encompassing all addictive disorders",
year="2019",
author="Callinan, S. and Rankin, G. and Room, Robin G. W. and Stanesby, O. and Rao, G. and Waleewong, O. and Greenfield, T. K. and Hope, Ann and Laslett, A-m",
volume="45",
number="2",
pages="170-178",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Partners of heavy drinking individuals can be detrimentally affected as a result of their partner's drinking. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to identify the proportion of heterosexual intimate partner relationships with a heavy drinking male that resulted in reported alcohol-related harm and to investigate the impact of this on well-being in 9 countries. <br><br>METHODS: This study used survey data from the Gender and Alcohol's Harm to Others (GENAHTO) Project on Alcohol's Harm to Others in 9 countries (10,613 female respondents, 7,091 with intimate live-in partners). Respondents were asked if their partners drinking had negatively affected them as well as questions on depression, anxiety, and satisfaction with life. <br><br>RESULTS: The proportion of partnered respondents that reported having a harmful heavy drinking partner varied across countries, from 4% in Nigeria and the US to 33% in Vietnam. The most consistent correlate of experiencing harm was being oneself a heavy episodic drinker, most likely as a proxy measure for the acceptability of alcohol consumption in social circles. Women with a harmful heavy drinking partner reported significantly lower mean satisfaction with life than those with a partner that did not drink heavily. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Harms to women from heavy drinking intimate partners appear across a range of subgroups and impact on a wide range of women, at least demographically speaking. Women living with a heavy drinking spouse experience higher levels of anxiety and depression symptoms and lower satisfaction with life.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0095-2990",
doi="10.1080/00952990.2018.1540632",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2018.1540632"
}