Alcohol use and problems as a potential mediator of the relationship between emotion dysregulation and intimate partner violence perpetration
| Autor: | Autumn Rae Florimbio, Meagan J. Brem, Caitlin Wolford-Clevenger, Gregory L. Stuart, Hannah Grigorian, Alisa R. Garner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Health (social science)
Social Psychology Aggression 05 social sciences 030508 substance abuse Human factors and ergonomics Poison control 050109 social psychology Suicide prevention Structural equation modeling 03 medical and health sciences Intervention (counseling) Injury prevention medicine Domestic violence 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology Applied Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychology of Violence. 10:91-99 |
| ISSN: | 2152-081X 2152-0828 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/vio0000237 |
| Popis: | Objective Alcohol use/problems and emotion dysregulation are associated with increased intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. Additionally, alcohol use is an overt coping mechanism for dysregulated emotion. While past research has examined alcohol use/problems as a mediator between emotion dysregulation and IPV, research is limited within clinical samples. The current study sought to fill this gap by examining a theoretical model by which emotion dysregulation and alcohol use/problems influence IPV perpetration in a sample of men arrested for domestic violence. Consistent with prior research, it was hypothesized that alcohol use/problems would mediate the relationship between emotion dysregulation and psychological aggression. Additionally, we hypothesized that emotion dysregulation would positively associate with increased alcohol use/problems, which would relate to increased physical assault perpetration through psychological aggression perpetration. Method Using a cross-sectional sample of 391 men arrested for domestic violence and court-referred to Batterer Intervention Programs (BIP), the present study used structural equation modeling to examine proposed pathways from emotion dysregulation to IPV perpetration directly and indirectly through alcohol use/problems. Results Alcohol use/problems explained the relation between emotion dysregulation and psychological aggression perpetration. In addition, emotion dysregulation related to psychological aggression which explained the relation between alcohol use/problems and physical assault perpetration. Conclusions These findings underline the importance of assessing and addressing emotion dysregulation and alcohol use/problems as risk factors for IPV in existing BIP as well as within theoretical models. |
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