A 2-year longitudinal analysis of the relationships between violent assault and substance use in women
A 2-year longitudinal analysis of the relationships between violent assault and substance use in women
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DOI:
10.1037/0022-006x.65.5.834
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发表时间:
1997-10-01
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
Best, CL
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作者:
Kilpatrick, DG;Acierno, R;Best, CL
Women experience alarming levels of physical and sexual assault, which may lead tp escalation of substance use. Reciprocally, evidence from cross-sectional studies indicates that substance use may increase risk of assault, To date, directionality of this relationship remains unclear This issue is addressed by the present 3-wave longitudinal study in which a national probability sample of 3,006 women were followed for 2 years. Dependent measures were obtained at each wave of the study and included questions about lifetime and new assault status, alcohol abuse. and drug use. Wave 1 use of drugs, but not abuse of alcohol, increased odds of new assault in the: subsequent 2 years. Reciprocally, after a new assault, odds of both alcohol abuse and drug use were significantly increased, even among women viith no previous use or assault history. For illicit drug use, findings support a vicious cycle relationship in which substance use increases risk of future assault and assault increases risk of subsequent substance use.