An examination of women's alcohol use and partner victimization experiences among women with protective orders.
This study examined associations of women's alcohol use with self-reported experiences of male-perpetrated intimate partner violence among a sample of women with protective orders. Participants were 676 women with a protective order against a male intimate partner from three rural areas and one urban area. Multivariate analyses indicated that women's substance use was associated with psychological abuse tactics and severity of physical and sexual victimization in the last year of the relationship. Women's alcohol use was associated with the severity of physical violence within the last year of the relationship, whereas illegal drug use had associations with the number of verbal abuse, degradation and jealousy/control tactics. There was a significant interaction of women's alcohol and drug use with the severity of sexual assault.
Shannon
Lisa
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University of Kentucky, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA. lisa.shannon@uky.edu
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Cole
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Walker
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D018585:Battered Women / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003068:Coercion; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health