Correlates of dating violence among male and female heavy-drinking college students.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the correlates for dating violence among heavy-drinking college students.


METHODS
Participants were at least 18 years old and reported at least one heavy-drinking episode in the past 2 weeks.


RESULTS
After covariate adjustment, estimated peak blood alcohol concentration during the past month was associated with higher victims' verbal-emotional abuse score, and perpetrators' verbal-emotional abuse and threatening abuse scores ( N = 280). In addition, being non-White was significantly associated with higher victims' threatening abuse, physical abuse, and total abuse scores and perpetrators' threatening abuse and physical abuse scores. Moreover, male students had significantly lower victims' threatening abuse and physical abuse scores and perpetrators' threatening abuse scores compared to female students.


CONCLUSIONS
Preventive programs that target dating violence among heavy-drinking college students should consider alcohol use as an important risk factor for abusive behaviors, both for the victims as well as the perpetrators.
Roudsari
Bahman S
BS
University of Texas School of Public Health, 5323 Harry Hines, V8.112, Dallas, Texas 75390-9128, USA. bahman.roudsari@utsouthwestern.edu
Leahy
Matthew M
MM
Walters
Scott T
ST
D000293:Adolescent; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003380:Courtship / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007578:Jealousy; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012933:Social Identification; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
D000431:Ethanol