Relationship violence victimization and binge drinking trajectories among a nationally representative sample of adolescents
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2017
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Journal of Adolescence
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The present study evaluated the impact of relationship violence (RV) victimization on the longitudinal trajectory of binge drinking (BD) among 3,614 US adolescents (51.2% male) who participated in an initial telephone interview regarding physical and sexual RV victimization and binge drinking. Two follow-up phone interviews were completed over approximately three years. Multilevel modeling revealed small, but significant, increases in BD over time; older adolescents and those who had ever experienced RV victimization were more likely to report BD at Wave 1 compared to younger adolescents and non-victims. Although new RV victimization reported during the study predicted an increase in the likelihood of BD at that occasion, those who had ever experienced RV victimization were less likely to report BD over time compared to non-victims. Contrary to expectations, no sex differences emerged. Findings indicate that BD may precede RV. Interventions to reduce alcohol-related RV may be especially useful in this population. (Author Abstract)
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child abuse, dating violence, risk factors, substance abuse, teens, youth, prevalence, incidence, research
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Walsh, Kate ; Moreland, Angela M. ; Hanson, Rochelle F. ; Resnick, Heidi S. ; Saunders, Benjamin E. ; Kilpatrick, Dean G. (2017). Relationship violence victimization and binge drinking trajectories among a nationally representative sample of adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 58, 49-55.