title: The moderating effect of women's alcohol misuse on the relationship between intimate partner violence victimization and postpartum depression.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the moderating effect of women's alcohol misuse on the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and postpartum depression.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-report data were collected from 122 women. Analyses controlled for women's baseline depression severity and partner alcohol misuse.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women's alcohol misuse moderated the relationship between psychological IPV victimization and postpartum depression only at high levels of the moderator.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings highlight the mental health risk posed by the combination of psychological IPV and alcohol misuse postpartum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings emphasize the need to investigate the understudied topic of women's postpartum alcohol misuse.
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
authors: Julianne C
authors: JC
authors: Hellmuth
authors: Kristina Coop
authors: KC
authors: Gordon
authors: Todd M
authors: TM
authors: Moore
authors: Gregory L
authors: GL
authors: Stuart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*