TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Should Abused Women's Reports of Partner Substance Abuse Be Accepted as Valid?
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Lindquist, Carol Ummel
A1  - Sass, Lillian E.
A1  - Bottomley, Denise
A1  - Katin, Suzanne M.
A1  - Maddox, Jennifer D.
A1  - Ordonez, Rose M.
A1  - Teofilo, Craig N.
SP  - 75
EP  - 83
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
N2  - Current research suggests that a husband's substance abuse is correlated with severity of physical abuse and the woman's decision to leave a violent situation. Often, only the battered woman's report of abuse is available. This study compares women's reports of their partners' substance use/abuse with their partners' report using a brief measure of polydrug and alcohol abuse, the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI) and the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS). Data were analyzed for 25 recovery couples and 25 nonrecovery couples. The correlations for all 50 couples between the male's reported use and the female's report of her partner's use on the SASSI and the CTS were significant on all but one of the CTS scales. They ranged on SASSI from .73 to .33 and from .31 to .06 on the CTS. This suggests that the SASSI and possibly the CTS could be used as valuable tools for assessing women's reports of their partner's substance use/abuse.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021997901081
ID  - ref1
ER  -