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JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 253-263Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-3289(00)00025-0
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM [T32AA007240, R01AA010908] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIAAA NIH HHS [R01-AA10908, T32-AA07240-19] Funding Source: Medline
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Purpose: Past research has revealed a strong correspondence between alcohol use and family dysfunction (e.g., Straus and Gelles in 1986 and 1990). Unfortunately much of this research has relied on reports from only one family member Methods: Here, we present the results from a recent, nationwide study of alcohol-consumption patterns, alcohol-related partnership problems and intimate partner violence (IPV) based on reports from both romantic partners of 1,615 married and cohabiting couples. Results: Using the drinking partnerships construct developed by Roberts and Leonard in 1997, we found that despite considerable concordance between couple members' drinking behaviors, discrepant drinking patterns were strongly predictive of relational distress and the incidence of physical violence. Implications: These findings suggest that the interaction between couple members' alcohol-related behaviors has crucial implication for the health and wellbeing of the entire family.
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