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Developmental Associations Between Adolescent Alcohol Use and Dating Aggression
Author(s) -
McNaughton Reyes Heathe Luz,
Foshee Vangie A.,
Bauer Daniel J.,
Ennett Susan T.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00799.x
Subject(s) - aggression , psychology , developmental psychology , alcohol , adolescent development , dating violence , clinical psychology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medical emergency , medicine , domestic violence , biochemistry , chemistry
Although 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.