A Moderator Model of Alcohol Use and Dating Aggression Among Young Adults

Publication Date

3-2018

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology

Keywords

Dating aggression, Alcohol use, Young adults, Relationship risk

Abstract

Dating aggression has been identified as a priority public health concern. Although alcohol use is a known robust risk factor for dating aggression involvement, such usage is neither necessary nor sufficient for dating aggression involvement. As such, a growing topic of interest is a better understanding of when, and for whom, alcohol use increases risk. A theoretical moderator model posits that associations between alcohol use and dating aggression involvement vary depending on both background (e.g., psychopathology) and situational (e.g., relationship characteristics) risk factors. Alcohol use is thought to be more strongly associated with dating aggression in the context of these other risk factors. Using an intensive longitudinal design, we collected six waves of data spanning 6 months from 120 participants (60 females; M age W1 = 22.44). Alcohol use and relationship risk were both associated with increases in dating aggression involvement. Consistent with a moderator model, interactions emerged between alcohol use and relationship risk for subsequent dating aggression involvement. The findings underscore the importance of alcohol use and relationship risk for the development of intervention and prevention programs.

Copyright Date

9-5-2017

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Collibee, C., & Furman, W. (2018). A moderator model of alcohol use and dating aggression among young adults. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(3), 534-546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0734-0

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Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

Provenance

Received from CHORUS

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

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13 pgs

File Size

712 KB

Publication Title

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volume

47

Issue

3

First Page

534

Last Page

546

ISSN

1573-6601

PubMed ID

28875296

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