title: The temporal relationship between alcohol, marijuana, angry affect, and dating violence perpetration: A daily diary study with female college students.
abstract: Although a robust literature documents a positive association between alcohol and intimate partner violence (IPV), there is limited temporal research on this relation. Moreover, the role of marijuana in influencing IPV has been mixed. Thus, the primary aim of the current study was to examine the temporal relationship between alcohol and marijuana use and dating violence perpetration. A secondary aim was to examine whether angry affect moderated the temporal relation between alcohol and marijuana use and IPV perpetration. Participants were college women who had consumed alcohol in the previous month and were in a dating relationship (N = 173). For up to 90 consecutive days, women completed daily surveys that assessed their alcohol use, marijuana use, angry affect (anger, hostility, and irritation), and violence perpetration (psychological and physical). On alcohol use days, marijuana use days, and with increases in angry affect, the odds of psychological aggression increased. Only alcohol use days and increases in angry affect increased the odds of physical aggression. Moreover, the main effects of alcohol and marijuana use on aggression were moderated by angry affect. Alcohol was positively associated with psychological and physical aggression when angry affect was high, but was unrelated to aggression when angry affect was low. Marijuana use was associated with psychological aggression when angry affect was high. Findings advance our understanding of the proximal effect of alcohol and marijuana use on dating violence, including the potential moderating effect of angry affect on this relation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee.
authors.forename: Ryan C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Shorey
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee.
authors.forename: Gregory L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Stuart
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee.
authors.forename: Todd M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Florida State University.
authors.forename: James K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: McNulty
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000067292:Alcohol Drinking in College / Q000523:psychology*; D000786:Anger / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D007508:Irritable Mood / Q000187:drug effects; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult