Relationship Between Drug Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence: A Longitudinal Study Among Women Receiving Methadone

American journal of public health - Tập 95 Số 3 - Trang 465-470 - 2005
Nabila El‐Bassel1, Louisa Gilbert1, Elwin Wu1, Hyun Go1, Jennifer Hill1
1Nabila El-Bassel, Louisa Gilbert, Elwin Wu, Hyun Go, and Jennifer Hill are with the Social Intervention Group, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY.

Tóm tắt

Objectives. We examined whether frequent drug use increases the likelihood of subsequent sexual or physical intimate partner violence (IPV) and whether IPV increases the likelihood of subsequent frequent drug use. Methods. A random sample of 416 women on methadone was assessed at baseline (wave 1) and at 6 months (wave 2), and 12 months (wave 3) following the initial assessment. Propensity score matching and multiple logistic regression were employed. Results. Women who reported frequent crack use at wave 2 were more likely than non–drug using women to report IPV at wave 3 (odds ratio [OR]=4.4; 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.1, 9.1; P<.01), and frequent marijuana users at wave 2 were more likely than non–drug users to report IPV at wave 3 (OR=4.5; 95% CI=2.4, 8.4; P<.01). In addition, women who reported IPV at wave 2 were more likely than women who did not report IPV to indicate frequent heroin use at wave 3 (OR=2.7; 95% CI=1.1, 6.5; P=.04). Conclusions. Our findings suggest that the relationship between frequent drug use and IPV is bidirectional and varies by type of drug.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

10.1023/A:1007532917759

Brewer DD, Fleming CB, Haggerty KP, et al. Drug use predictors of partner violence in opiate dependent women. Violence Vict. 1998;13(2):107–115.

10.1016/S0376-8716(99)00067-8

10.1080/10550490150504146

10.1001/jama.1995.03520460045033

10.15288/jsa.1978.39.551

Fagan JA, Wexler S. Crime at home and in the streets. Violence Vict. 1987;2(1):5–23.

10.1176/ajp.149.5.664

10.1177/10778010122182433

Brown TG, Werk A, Caplan T, et al. Violent substance abusers in domestic violence treatment. Violence Vict. 1999;14:179–190.

10.1177/089124195023004002

10.1111/j.1521-0391.1995.tb00270.x

10.1037/0022-006X.49.1.63

10.1080/02791072.1995.10471698

Gilbert L, El-Bassel N, Rajah V, et al. Linking drug related activities with experiences of partner violence: A focus group study of women in methadone treatment. Violence Vict. 2001;16(5):517–536.

10.1007/0-306-47141-8_17

Miller BA. The interrelationships between alcohol and drugs and family violence. Natl Inst Drug Abuse Res Monogr. 1990;103:177–207.

Gilbert L, El-Bassel N, Rajah V, et al. The converging epidemics of mood-altering-drug use, HIV, HCV, and partner violence: a conundrum for methadone maintenance treatment. Mount Sinai J Med. 2000;67(5–6):452–464.

10.1037/0022-006X.65.5.834

10.1023/A:1009568718804

10.3109/10826089409047380

10.1037/0022-006X.56.6.843

10.1080/07399339509516210

10.2307/3426372

Germain CP. Sheltering abused women: A nursing perspective. J Psychosocial Nurs Mental Health Services. 1984;22(9):24–31.

10.1037/0022-006X.63.6.987

10.1080/10550490050172227

10.1111/j.1521-0391.1995.tb00269.x

10.2105/AJPH.92.4.660

10.2105/AJPH.81.5.572

10.1016/S0749-3797(99)00084-7

10.1017/S0033291700048017

10.1002/jts.2490080409

10.1016/0306-4603(94)00075-A

10.2105/AJPH.93.11.1915

10.1016/S0306-4603(02)00248-4

Straus MA, Hamby SL, Boney-McCoy S, et al. The revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2): Development & preliminary psychometric data. J Fam Issues. 1996;17.

10.1207/s15327752jpa5201_2

10.1080/01621459.1999.10473858

10.1093/biomet/70.1.41

10.2307/2683903

10.1080/02791072.2000.10400448

10.3109/10826089109058942

10.1080/02791072.1990.10472552

Johnson BD, Williams T, Sanabria H, et al. Social impact of crack dealing in the inner city. Natl Inst Drug Abuse Res Monogr. 1989;95:326–327.

10.1177/002204269102100204

10.1177/104973150201200205

Thông tin
Thông tin xuất bản

American journal of public health

Tập 95 Số 3

465-470

Thông tin tác giả