title: Discrepant Patterns of Heavy Drinking, Marijuana Use, and Smoking and Intimate Partner Violence: Results From the California Community Health Study of Couples.
abstract: This study analyzed whether discrepant (husband or wife use only) or concordant (both partners use) patterns of heavy drinking, marijuana use, and smoking are associated with increased risk for male-to-female partner violence and female-to-male partner violence among adult couples. Based on a geographic sample of married or cohabiting couples residing in 50 California cities, logistic regression analyses were conducted using dyadic data on past-year partner violence, binge drinking and frequency of intoxication, marijuana use, and smoking. When all substance use patterns were included simultaneously, wife-only heavy drinking couples were at elevated risk for male-to-female partner violence, as were concordant marijuana-using couples. Husband-only marijuana discrepant couples were at increased risk for female-to-male partner violence. Further research is needed to explore the processes by which discrepant and concordant substance use patterns may contribute to partner aggression.
authors.affiliation: Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Oakland, CA, USA Cunradi@prev.org.
authors.forename: Carol B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Cunradi
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mair
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D063425:Binge Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018454:Spouses
keywords: discrepant patterns; drinking; intimate partner violence; marijuana use; smoking