Relationship aggression and substance use among women court-referred to domestic violence intervention programs.
Relationship aggression and substance use among women court-referred to domestic violence intervention programs.
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妇女之间的关系攻击和药物滥用——法庭将其提交给家庭暴力干预计划。
DOI：
10.1016/j.addbeh.2003.08.038
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Kahler,ChristopherW
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作者：
Stuart,GregoryL;Moore,ToddM;Ramsey,SusanE;Kahler,ChristopherW
虽然有广泛的理论和经验证据表明男子酗酒与婚姻暴力有关，但以前没有研究评估因家庭暴力被捕的妇女的物质使用特征。我们招募了35名因家庭暴力被捕的妇女，她们被法院推荐参加施暴者干预项目。我们对药物使用和滥用进行了多种测量，并评估了妇女的婚姻攻击性、婚姻满意度、抑郁症状、一般暴力的使用以及她们的关系伴侣的药物使用。我们还将样本分为危险饮酒者（HD）和无害饮酒者（NHD）两组。在整个样本中，几乎一半的女性被归类为HD。超过四分之一的妇女报告的症状与酒精滥用或依赖诊断相符，约四分之一的样本报告的症状与药物相关诊断相符。总样本中超过一半的人报告说他们的关系伴侣是HD。与非抑郁组相比，抑郁组在毒品问题、关系侵犯、一般暴力和婚姻不满等方面得分更高。研究结果表明，药物使用和滥用应作为施虐者干预措施的一部分进行常规评估，并通过提供辅助或综合酒精治疗来改善施虐者计划。
Although there is extensive theoretical and empirical evidence linking men's alcohol abuse and marital violence, no previous studies have assessed the substance use characteristics of women arrested for domestic violence. We recruited 35 women who were arrested for domestic violence and court-referred to batterer intervention programs. We administered multiple measures of substance use and abuse and assessed the women's marital aggression, marital satisfaction, depressive symptomatology, use of general violence, and their relationship partners' substance use. We also divided the sample into groups of hazardous drinkers (HD) and nonhazardous drinkers (NHD). Across the entire sample, almost half of the women were classified as HD. Over one-quarter of the women reported symptoms consistent with an alcohol abuse or dependence diagnosis, and approximately one-quarter of the sample reported symptoms consistent with a drug-related diagnosis. Over one-half of the total sample reported that their relationship partners were HD. Relative to the NHD group, the HD group scored higher on measures of drug problems, relationship aggression, general violence, and marital dissatisfaction. The results of the study suggest that substance use and abuse should routinely be assessed as part of batterer interventions and that batterer programs would be improved by offering adjunct or integrated alcohol treatment.