Journal
JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
Volume 27, Issue 15, Pages 2959-2979Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0886260512441076
Keywords
dating violence; domestic violence; violence
Funding
- NIAAA NIH HHS [K24AA019707, K01AA017630, K24 AA019707, K01 AA017630] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: This study retrospectively examined the daily-level associations between youth alcohol use and dating abuse (DA) victimization and perpetration for a 6-month period. Method: Timeline Followback (TLFB) interview data were collected from 397 urban emergency department patients, ages 17 to 21 years. Patients were eligible if they reported past month alcohol use and past year dating. Generalized estimating equation (GEE) analyses estimated the likelihood of DA on a given day as a function of alcohol use or heavy use (>= 4 drinks per day for women, <= 5 drinks per day for men), as compared with nonuse. Results: Approximately 52% of men and 61% of women participants reported experiencing DA victimization >= 1 times during the past 6 months, and 45% of men and 55% of women reported perpetrating DA >= 1 times. For both men and women, DA perpetration was more likely on a drinking day as opposed to a nondrinking day (ORs = 1.70 and ORs = 1.69, respectively). DA victimization was also more likely on a drinking day as opposed to a nondrinking day for both men and women (ORs = 1.23 and ORs = 1.34, respectively). DA perpetration and DA victimization were both more likely on heavy drinking days as opposed to nondrinking days (2.04 and 2.03 for men's and women's perpetration, respectively, and 1.41 and 1.43 for men's and women's victimization, respectively). Conclusions: This study found that alcohol use was associated with increased risk for same day DA perpetration and victimization, for both male and female youth. We conclude that for youth who use alcohol, alcohol use is a potential risk factor for DA victimization and perpetration.
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