Citation

Ngo QM, Ramirez JI, Stein SF, Cunningham RM, Chermack ST, Singh V, Walton MAL. Violence Against Women 2018; 24(10): 1166-1186.

Affiliation

1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801218781886

PMID

30037316

Abstract

This study examines alcohol consumption, anxiety, trait mindfulness, and physical and sexual dating violence aggression (PDV and SDV) among 735 emerging adults (18-25 years) in an urban emergency department. Of the total sample, 27.2% perpetrated PDV and 16.5% perpetrated SDV. Alcohol was positively associated with PDV/SDV. Anxiety was positively associated with PDV. Mindfulness was negatively associated with PDV/SDV. Interaction analyses revealed women had lower PDV with higher nonjudgment facet of mindfulness. Higher act aware was associated with lower PDV regardless of high versus low alcohol.

FINDINGS indicate different contributing factors among perpetrators of PDV/SDV; some factors may be attenuated by mindfulness.

Language: en

Keywords

alcohol use; anxiety; dating violence; sexual violence; trait mindfulness