Fossos Nicole, Neighbors Clayton, Kaysen Debra, Hove M Christina
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Box 354694, Seattle, Washington 98105-6099, USA.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2007 Sep;68(5):706-13. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2007.68.706.
The present research examined the effect of alcohol aggression expectancies and subjective evaluations of alcohol's effects on aggression in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration among college students. We were interested in determining the extent to which these relationships differed across gender.
A total of 780 (57.3% female) incoming heavy drinking college freshmen who were between the ages of 18 and 25 years completed self-reported measures of IPV perpetration, alcohol use and problems, and alcohol aggression expectancies and subjective evaluations of those expectancies as part of the baseline assessment for a larger social norms alcohol intervention study. Analyses evaluated the effect of alcohol aggression expectancies and subjective evaluations of those expectancies on IPV perpetration.
Results indicated that problem drinking was positively associated with IPV perpetration for those who were lower (beta = .32, p < .001) versus those who were higher (beta = .07, p = ns) in alcohol aggression expectancies. Among men, there was a significantly stronger relationship between problem drinking and IPV perpetration among those who evaluated alcohol's effects on aggression more favorably (beta = .41, p < .001) versus less favorably (beta = .11, p = ns). Among women, there was not a significantly stronger relationship between problem drinking and IPV perpetration at less favorable (beta = .17, p < .05) versus more favorable (beta = .11, p < .06) evaluations of alcohol's effects on aggression.
Findings suggest that, in understanding IPV perpetration, it may not be sufficient to evaluate expected alcohol effects without also including whether those effects are viewed as good or bad. Findings also suggest that the relationship between alcohol problems and IPV perpetration may be stronger and more straightforward for men than for women.
本研究探讨了饮酒引发攻击行为的预期以及对酒精对攻击行为影响的主观评价在大学生亲密伴侣暴力(IPV)犯罪中的作用。我们旨在确定这些关系在性别上的差异程度。
共有780名(57.3%为女性)年龄在18至25岁之间的即将入学的重度饮酒大学新生完成了自我报告的IPV犯罪、饮酒及相关问题、饮酒引发攻击行为的预期以及对这些预期的主观评价的测量,这些是一项更大规模的社会规范酒精干预研究基线评估的一部分。分析评估了饮酒引发攻击行为的预期以及对这些预期的主观评价对IPV犯罪的影响。
结果表明,对于酒精引发攻击行为预期较低的人(β = 0.32,p < 0.001),问题饮酒与IPV犯罪呈正相关,而对于预期较高的人(β = 0.07,p = 无显著差异)则不然。在男性中,对酒精对攻击行为影响评价更积极的人(β = 0.41,p < 0.001),问题饮酒与IPV犯罪之间的关系明显更强,而评价不太积极的人(β = 0.11,p = 无显著差异)则不然。在女性中,对酒精对攻击行为影响评价不太积极(β = 0.17,p < 0.05)与评价更积极(β = 0.11,p < 0.06)时,问题饮酒与IPV犯罪之间的关系没有显著更强。
研究结果表明,在理解IPV犯罪时,仅评估预期的酒精影响可能不够,还应包括这些影响被视为好是坏。研究结果还表明,酒精问题与IPV犯罪之间的关系对男性可能比对女性更强、更直接。