Treatment Effectiveness for Male Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators Depending on Problematic Alcohol Use

BackgroundVeterans report relatively high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) due to high trauma exposure. Alcohol use disorder (AUD), which is more prevalent among veterans, is a risk factor for IPV use and recidivism following IPV intervention. Using data from a prior randomized control trial of a trauma-informed IPV intervention, we examined the moderating effect of AUD on treatment outcomes among veterans.MethodsParticipants were 61 male veterans (M age = 37.18, SD = 13.23; 82% White; 18% met criteria for AUD) who participated in the Strength at Home (SAH) IPV intervention. Generalized mixed modelling was used to examine the effects of AUD and treatment attendance on posttreatment reductions in IPV.ResultsA significant threeway interaction between time, AUD, and session attendance was observed with respect to reductions in psychological IPV. Specifically, psychological IPV decreased significantly over time, but to a lesser extent among individuals with AUD, regardless of treatment attendance.DiscussionResults indicate that participants with AUD receive less benefit from treatment with regard to coercive and controlling abusive behaviors. Findings speak to the need for adapting IPV intervention in order to address problematic alcohol use and related externalizing psychopathology.

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Exploring the Moderating Role of Problematic Substance Use in the Relations Between Borderline and Antisocial Personality Features and Intimate Partner Violence

Violence Against Women ◽

10.1177/1077801216687875 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 223-240 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Nicholas A. Armenti ◽

Alexandra L. Snead ◽

Julia C. Babcock

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Substance Use ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Antisocial Personality ◽

Problematic Alcohol ◽

Problematic Substance Use ◽

Problematic Substance ◽

Personality Features ◽

Problematic Alcohol Use

Borderline and antisocial personality features relate to multiple externalizing behaviors, including intimate partner violence (IPV). However, not all individuals with borderline and antisocial traits perpetrate IPV. The strength of the personality-IPV link may be related to problematic substance use. We examined borderline and antisocial personality features, problematic substance use, and IPV in a community sample of couples. Positive relations between both borderline and antisocial features and IPV were stronger in conditions of high problematic alcohol use relative to low problematic alcohol use. Alcohol misuse may be an important factor to consider for IPV reduction in men with these personality features.

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Predictors of Sexual Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Men: A Prospective Analysis

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260521989735 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052198973

Author(s):

Hailee K. Dunn ◽

Deborah N. Pearlman ◽

Madeline C. Montgomery ◽

Lindsay M. Orchowski

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Teen Dating Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Heavy Alcohol ◽

Peer Approval ◽

Sexual Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Heavy Alcohol Use

Research demonstrates that both peer socialization and underage drinking play a significant role in teen dating violence. However, less is known about the lasting effects of these risk factors on boys’ ability to form healthy romantic relationships as they get older. The present study examined whether boys who perceived their peers would respect them more for having sex and those who engaged in past year heavy alcohol use would be more likely to perpetrate sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) in young adulthood compared to boys who did not endorse perceived peer approval for sex or report past year heavy drinking. Analyses were conducted using a sample of boys ( n = 1,189) from Waves I and III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). A logistic regression was conducted to assess the relationship between perceived peer approval to have sex and heavy alcohol use at Wave I and sexual IPV at Wave III, after adjusting for demographic factors and other correlates of sexual IPV at Wave I, including age, race/ethnicity, sexual initiation in adolescence, parental attachment, annual family income, and neighborhood poverty. Boys who believed they would gain peer respect by having sex and boys who reported getting drunk in the last 12 months, regardless of how often, were significantly more likely to report sexual IPV in young adulthood compared to boys who did not endorse either of these factors. Targeting boys’ perceived peer norms regarding sexual activity and heavy alcohol use may therefore be especially important for preventing sexual IPV later in life.

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Brief Report: Associations Between Self-Reported Paternal Relationships, Anger, Alcohol, and Intimate Partner Violence in a Prison Sample

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ◽

10.1177/0306624x15609558 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 61 (9) ◽

pp. 1063-1070

Author(s):

Jessica Bernardi ◽

Andrew Day ◽

Erica Bowen

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Family Relationships ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Developmental Pathways ◽

High Risk Population ◽

Effective Prevention ◽

Assessment Strategies ◽

Male Prisoners

This study investigates the association between family relationships, anger, alcohol use, and self-reported intimate partner violence (IPV). Participants were 55 male prisoners who completed a survey about their family relationships, anger, alcohol use, and aggression. Exposure to parental IPV predicted rates of self-reported perpetration of IPV, suggesting the importance of understanding more about the developmental pathways to IPV if effective prevention, intervention, and assessment strategies are to be developed for use with this high-risk population.

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The Roles of Victim and Perpetrator Alcohol Use in Intimate Partner Violence Outcomes

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260505282283 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 163-177 ◽

Cited By ~ 89

Author(s):

Martie P. Thompson ◽

J. B. Kingree

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner

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Negative Affect, Alcohol Consumption, and Female-to-Male Intimate Partner Violence: A Daily Diary Investigation

Partner Abuse ◽

10.1891/1946-6560.4.3.332 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 332-355 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Cory A. Crane ◽

Christopher I. Eckhardt

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Negative Affect ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Male Partner ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

College Age ◽

The Status ◽

Daily Risk

Although research suggests that both negative affect and alcohol use are related to the risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) in male samples, less is known about the status of these risk factors in female samples. Forty-three college-age females who reported a recent history of IPV perpetration submitted 6 weeks of Online daily reports pertaining to their levels of negative affect, alcohol consumption habits, and the occurrence of both male-to-female partner violence (MFPV) and female-to-male partner violence (FMPV). Results indicated that negative affect significantly predicted increases in the daily risk of FMPV. MFPV also significantly predicted FMPV risk. Alcohol consumption failed to predict FMPV perpetration on both levels of analysis. Results are discussed in terms of prevailing models of alcohol use, negative affect, and IPV.

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Relative risk of intimate partner violence according to access to instrumental social support among pregnant women in Eswatini whose partners do and do not drink alcohol

10.21203/rs.2.13852/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Rebecca Fielding-Miller ◽

Kathryn Barker ◽

Jennifer Wagman

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Relative Risk ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Antenatal Clinic ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Protective Role ◽

Community Context ◽

Computer Assisted

Abstract Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects 1 in 3 women around the world and is the 10th leading cause of death for women in the Africa region ages 15-29. Partner alcohol use, access to social support, and poverty all affect women’s likelihood of experiencing violence. We sought to understand how partner alcohol use differentially affected instrumental social support’s protective role against IPV for a clinic-based sample of women in the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland).Methods We recruited 406 pregnant women from one rural and one urban antenatal clinic in Eswatini. Women used audio computer assisted self-interview software to answer a 45 minute behavioral survey with items on IPV, partner alcohol use, and likelihood that they could access small cash loans, large cash loans, or food loans from their social network. We then calculated the relative risk of experiencing IPV based on access to different forms of loans for the full sample and stratified by partner alcohol use.Results Confidence that she could access a fairly large loan (~$40) was associated with significantly decreased relative risk of IPV for all women. Confidence that she could access a fairly small loan (~$4) was associated with decreased relative risk of IPV for women whose partners did not drink but was insignificant for women whose partners did drink. Confidence that a friend or neighbor would lend her food was associated with decreased relative risk of IPV for women whose partners did drink.Conclusion Access to instrumental support (loans of food or money) is protective against IPV, but there are differential effects according to the type of loan and whether or not a woman’s partner drinks alcohol. Economic empowerment interventions to reduce IPV must be carefully tailored to ensure they are appropriate for a woman’s specific individual, relationship, and community context.

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Exploring links between common mental health problems, alcohol/substance use and perpetration of intimate partner violence: A rapid ethnographic assessment with men in urban Kenya

Global Mental Health ◽

10.1017/gmh.2017.25 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

A. Schafer ◽

P. Koyiet

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Substance Use ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Marital Conflict ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

High Stress ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Psychosocial Issues

Introduction:Kenya has some of the highest rates of gender-based violence (GBV) in the world, particularly intimate partner violence. World Vision completed a rapid ethnographic assessment to explore common problems faced by men and local perspectives about the links between men, mental health, alcohol use and GBV.Methods:Data from community free-listing surveys (n = 52), four focus group discussions and two key informant interviews formed the basis for thematic analysis and findings.Results:Lack of jobs, ‘idleness’ and finances were viewed as top priority concerns facing men; however, alcohol and substance use were equally prioritised. Family problems, crime and general psychosocial issues (e.g., high stress, low self-esteem) were also reported. Men withdrawing socially, changing behaviour and increasing alcohol consumption were described as signs that men were experiencing mental health challenges. The community observed alcohol use as the biggest cause of GBV, believing men resorted to drinking because of having ‘too much time’, marital conflict, psychosocial issues and access to alcohol. The findings theorise that a circular link between unemployment, alcohol and crime is likely contributing to familial, psychosocial and gender concerns, and that men's mental health support may assist to re-direct a trajectory for individuals at risk of perpetrating GBV.Conclusions:Data confirmed that GBV is a major concern in these Kenya communities and has direct links with alcohol use, which is subsequently linked to mental health and psychosocial problems. Attempting to disrupt progression to the perpetration of violence by men, via mental health care interventions, warrants further research.

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