The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA.
University of North Texas, Denton, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Mar;37(5-6):2826-2850. doi: 10.1177/0886260520943735. Epub 2020 Jul 22.
Alcohol and drug misuse is prevalent and problematic among women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV). Emotional dysfunction has been identified as a key mechanism in the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of alcohol and drug misuse. However, existing research has not considered the role of race/ethnicity in the relations between emotional dysfunction and alcohol and drug misuse. Furthermore, past research in this area has focused almost exclusively on emotional dysfunction stemming from negative (vs. positive) emotions. The goals of the current study were as follows: (a) to explore whether levels of difficulties regulating positive emotions differ among Latina, African American, and White IPV-victimized women, and (b) to examine the moderating role of race/ethnicity in the relations between difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse. Participants were 197 IPV-victimized women recruited through the criminal justice system ( = 36.14; 51.8% African American, 31.5% White, and 16.8% Latina). Difficulties regulating positive emotions did not differ as a function of race/ethnicity. However, relations among difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse were significant for Latina and White but not African American IPV-victimized women. Moreover, race/ethnicity moderated an association between difficulties regulating positive emotions and drug misuse; this relation was significant and positive for White (compared with African American) IPV-victimized women. While preliminary, these results may inform culturally sensitive interventions for alcohol and drug misuse that are tailored to the unique needs of Latina, African American, and White IPV-victimized women.
酗酒和吸毒滥用在经历亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的女性中普遍存在且成问题。情绪功能障碍已被确定为酗酒和吸毒滥用的病因、维持和治疗的关键机制。然而，现有研究并未考虑种族/民族在情绪功能障碍与酗酒和吸毒滥用之间的关系中的作用。此外，该领域的以往研究几乎完全集中在源自负面（而非正面）情绪的情绪功能障碍上。本研究的目的如下：（a）探讨调节积极情绪的困难程度在拉丁裔、非裔美国人和白人 IPV 受害女性中是否存在差异，以及（b）检验种族/民族在调节积极情绪的困难程度与酗酒和吸毒滥用之间的关系中的调节作用。研究参与者为通过刑事司法系统招募的 197 名 IPV 受害女性（=36.14；51.8%为非裔美国人，31.5%为白人，16.8%为拉丁裔）。调节积极情绪的困难程度不因种族/民族而异。然而，调节积极情绪的困难程度与酗酒和吸毒滥用之间的关系在拉丁裔和白人群体中显著，而非裔美国人群体中则不显著。此外，种族/民族调节了调节积极情绪与药物滥用之间的关系；这种关系对于白人（与非裔美国人相比）IPV 受害女性而言是显著且呈正相关的。虽然这些结果只是初步的，但它们可能为针对拉丁裔、非裔美国人和白人群体 IPV 受害女性的独特需求量身定制的、针对酗酒和吸毒滥用的具有文化敏感性的干预措施提供信息。
