Open AccessCyber abuse among men arrested for domestic violence: Cyber monitoring moderates the relationship between alcohol problems and intimate partner violence.
Author(s) -
Meagan J. Brem,
Autumn Rae Florimbio,
Hannah Grigorian,
Caitlin WolfordClevenger,
Jo Anna Elmquist,
Ryan C. Shorey,
Emily F. Rothman,
Jeffrey Temple,
Gregory L. Stuart
Publication year - 2019
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/vio0000130
Subject(s) - stalking , domestic violence , poison control , psychology , suicide prevention , injury prevention , aggression , psychiatry , clinical psychology , computer security , medical emergency , medicine , computer science
We provide the first investigation of the prevalence and frequency of cyber abuse among men arrested for domestic violence (DV). We also offer the first conceptualization of cyber monitoring, a facet of cyber abuse, within the I 3 theory of IPV. That is, the risk of IPV perpetration may be higher for men with alcohol problems who also frequently access emotionally-salient instigatory cues, namely, information gleaned from cyber monitoring. Thus, we hypothesized that alcohol problems would positively relate to IPV perpetration among men who engaged in high, but not low, levels of cyber monitoring.