Objective
The current investigation
sought to examine the direct associations and interactions among individual and
concurrent alcohol, cocaine, cannabis, and opioid use diagnoses with the
perpetration of intimate partner violence as well as to assess gender
differences across these associations within a large forensic sample of male
and female offenders.
Method
Participants (1,290 male and
294 female) completed a court-mandated substance abuse evaluation during which
they completed a clinical interview, either endorsing or denying recent
physical partner violence perpetration. Specific substance use disorders were
diagnosed based primarily upon responses to the clinical interview and were
used to predict partner violence perpetration using logistic regression.
Results
Alcohol and cocaine use
disorders were significantly associated with IPV perpetration over the past
year. Cannabis and opioid use disorders were not directly associated with IPV.
A comorbid alcohol use diagnosis increased the likelihood of IPV perpetration
among participants with either a cannabis or a cocaine use disorder while
participants with an alcohol use disorder were less likely to be violent if they
had also met criteria for a cannabis use disorder. These relationships held
across males and females.
Conclusions
The current findings
emphasize the importance of assessing associations between specific substances
of abuse in researching and predicting partner violence and suggest that future
efforts focus on the development of integrated treatments for co-occurring partner
violence and substance use disorders.
Full article at: http://goo.gl/u1lbcK
Cory A. Crane,
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed
to Cory A. Crane, Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo,
SUNY, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14201.
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