Association between substance use and the perpetration of family violence in industrialized countries: A systematic review
Choenni,Vandhana Hammink,Alice van de Mheen,Dike
Choenni,Vandhana
Hammink,Alice
van de Mheen,Dike
Abstract
This review examines the association between alcohol and illicit drug use and the perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM). In clinical populations, alcohol use is related to IPV, although other variables are also known to influence this relationship. Studies in specialized social/health care and in the community have also demonstrated the association between alcohol use and IPV. Although data on the association between illicit drug use and IPV are less clear, in most studies perpetration seems related to the use of cannabis and cocaine. The occurrence of CM is related to alcohol use in specialized social/health care and community populations but has not been extensively investigated in clinical samples. These findings also apply to studies on the association between illicit drug use and CM. Moreover, many studies on CM fail to distinguish between the effects of alcohol and those of illicit drugs. This review concludes with recommendations for future research about substance use and family violence and discusses implications for prevention and treatment.
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2017
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Research Projects
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family violence, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, child maltreatment, substance use, alcohol, illicit substances, illicit drugs, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, CHILD SEXUAL-ABUSE, URBAN EMERGENCY-DEPARTMENT, CONFLICT-TACTICS-SCALES, USE DISORDER TREATMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RISK-FACTORS, ALCOHOL-USE, DRUG-USE, HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Choenni, V, Hammink, A & van de Mheen, D 2017, 'Association between substance use and the perpetration of family violence in industrialized countries : A systematic review', Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 37-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838015589253