TY - JOUR

T1 - Drowning the pain

T2 - Intimate partner violence and drinking to cope prospectively predict problem drinking

AU - Øverup, Camilla S.

AU - DiBello, Angelo M.

AU - Brunson, Julie A.

AU - Acitelli, Linda K.

AU - Neighbors, Clayton

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

PY - 2015/2/1

Y1 - 2015/2/1

N2 - Introduction: The present study examined the longitudinal association among drinking problems, drinking to cope, and degree of intimate partner violence (IPV). Two competing models were tested; the first model posited that drinking to cope leads to greater drinking problems and this subsequently leads to more violence in the relationship (an intoxication-violence model). The second model speculated that violence in the relationship leads to drinking to cope, which in turn leads to greater drinking problems (a self-medication model). Methods: Eight hundred and eighteen undergraduate students at a large north-western university participated in the study over a two year period, completing assessments of IPV, alcohol related problems and drinking to cope at five time points over a two year period as part of a larger social norms intervention study. Results: Analyses examined two competing models; analyses indicated that there was support for the self-mediation model, whereby people who have experienced violence have more drinking problems later, and this association is temporally mediated by drinking to cope. Discussion: The current results are discussed in light of past research on the self-medication model.

AB - Introduction: The present study examined the longitudinal association among drinking problems, drinking to cope, and degree of intimate partner violence (IPV). Two competing models were tested; the first model posited that drinking to cope leads to greater drinking problems and this subsequently leads to more violence in the relationship (an intoxication-violence model). The second model speculated that violence in the relationship leads to drinking to cope, which in turn leads to greater drinking problems (a self-medication model). Methods: Eight hundred and eighteen undergraduate students at a large north-western university participated in the study over a two year period, completing assessments of IPV, alcohol related problems and drinking to cope at five time points over a two year period as part of a larger social norms intervention study. Results: Analyses examined two competing models; analyses indicated that there was support for the self-mediation model, whereby people who have experienced violence have more drinking problems later, and this association is temporally mediated by drinking to cope. Discussion: The current results are discussed in light of past research on the self-medication model.

KW - Alcohol-related problems

KW - Drinking problems

KW - Drinking to cope

KW - Intimate partner violence

KW - Longitudinal mediation

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84908682059&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.006

DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.006

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 25452060

AN - SCOPUS:84908682059

VL - 41

SP - 152

EP - 161

JO - Addictive Behaviors

JF - Addictive Behaviors

SN - 0306-4603

ER -