Open AccessAntisocial traits, distress tolerance, and alcohol problems as predictors of intimate partner violence in men arrested for domestic violence.
Author(s) -
Meagan J. Brem,
Autumn Rae Florimbio,
JoAnna Elmquist,
Ryan C. Shorey,
Gregory L. Stuart
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
psychology of violence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2152-0828
pISSN - 2152-081X
DOI - 10.1037/vio0000088
Subject(s) - domestic violence , aggression , psychology , antisocial personality disorder , poison control , distress , clinical psychology , injury prevention , intervention (counseling) , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , alcohol abuse , structural equation modeling , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , statistics , mathematics
Men with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) traits are at an increased risk for consuming alcohol and perpetrating intimate partner violence (IPV). However, previous research has neglected malleable mechanisms potentially responsible for the link between ASPD traits, alcohol problems, and IPV perpetration. Efforts to improve the efficacy of batterer intervention programs (BIPs) would benefit from exploration of such malleable mechanisms. The present study is the first to examine distress tolerance as one such mechanism linking men's ASPD traits to their alcohol problems and IPV perpetration.