Short communicationThe longitudinal association between alcohol use and intimate partner violence among ethnically diverse community women
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Procedures and participants
The data are from Waves 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 of Project HOW: Health Outcomes of Women (Temple, Weston, & Marshall, 2005). The initial sample consisted of 835 women who self-identified as African American (n = 302), Euro-American (n = 273), or Mexican American (n = 260). On average, women were 33.3 years old and in relationships for 7.7 years at Wave 1. More than half of the original sample (N = 509, 61.0%) completed all five interviews. Time between interviews averaged approximately one year (M =
Results
As shown in Table 1, men generally drank more frequently than women. Consistent with previous research on this sample (e.g., Temple et al., 2005), all forms of partners' IPV decreased over time for all alcohol use groups. It is possible that by repeatedly asking about IPV, the interviews functioned as an intervention, making women more aware of this aspect of their relationships. Research questions were tested by conducting 4 (women's or partners' Wave 1 alcohol use frequency) by 2
Discussion
Alcohol use was significantly and persistently associated with partner abuse. Specifically, women who drank more and perceived their partners as more frequent drinkers were generally more likely to experience IPV than were women who drank less or had partners who drank infrequently. Indeed, although we found overall decreases in drinking and abuse, the frequency of partners' drinking continued to be associated with their perpetration of threats, violence, and sexual aggression.
Although women's
Acknowledgements
This study was funded by grant R49/CCR610508 from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the National Institute of Justice and grant 3691 from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, both awarded to the fourth author. Additional funding was provided by grant 2001-WT-BX-0504 from NIJ, awarded to the second and fourth authors. The results do not necessarily represent the official view of the funding agencies.
Dr. Temple is
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