Citation

Reyes HL, Foshee VA, Bauer DJ, Ennett ST. J. Res. Adolesc. 2012; 22(3): 526-541.

Affiliation

Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, CB#7440, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Chapel Hill NC 29975-7440.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00799.x

PMID

23589667

Abstract

While numerous studies have established a link between alcohol use and partner violence in adulthood, little research has examined this relation during adolescence. The current study used multivariate growth models to examine relations between alcohol use and dating aggression across grades 8 through 12 controlling for shared risk factors (common causes) that predict both behaviors. Associations between trajectories of alcohol use and dating aggression were reduced substantially when common causes were controlled. Concurrent associations between the two behaviors were significant across nearly all grades but no evidence was found for prospective connections from prior alcohol use to subsequent dating aggression or vice versa. Findings suggest that prevention efforts should target common causes of alcohol use and dating aggression.

Language: en