title: Association Between Substance Use and the Perpetration of Family Violence in Industrialized Countries: A Systematic Review.
abstract: This review examines the association between alcohol and illicit drug use and the perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM). In clinical populations, alcohol use is related to IPV, although other variables are also known to influence this relationship. Studies in specialized social/health care and in the community have also demonstrated the association between alcohol use and IPV. Although data on the association between illicit drug use and IPV are less clear, in most studies perpetration seems related to the use of cannabis and cocaine. The occurrence of CM is related to alcohol use in specialized social/health care and community populations but has not been extensively investigated in clinical samples. These findings also apply to studies on the association between illicit drug use and CM. Moreover, many studies on CM fail to distinguish between the effects of alcohol and those of illicit drugs. This review concludes with recommendations for future research about substance use and family violence and discusses implications for prevention and treatment.
authors: IVO Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.|Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors: Vandhana
authors: V
authors: Choenni
authors: IVO Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.|Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors: Alice
authors: A
authors: Hammink
authors: IVO Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands vandemheen@ivo.nl.|Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.|Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
authors: Dike
authors: D
authors: van de Mheen
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims; D019049:Developed Countries; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: alcohol; child maltreatment; domestic violence; family violence; illicit drugs; illicit substances; intimate partner violence; substance use