Event-level analysis of antecedents for youth violence: Comparison of dating violence with non-dating violence
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Background Dating violence (DV) has emerged as a major concern among youth with links to substance use, injuries, and death. The emergency department (ED) provides an opportunity for violence screening and prevention interventions. Additional data are needed regarding antecedents of DV versus non-dating violence (NDV; e.g., acquaintance, stranger) to develop ED-based violence interventions for youth. Methods Participants were 575 patients screening positive for past 6-month drug use in an urban ED who completed timeline follow-back aggression modules at baseline and 6- and 12-months, indicating event-specific antecedents of violence. Multi-level logistic regressions using event-level data, nested by individual and time (i.e. baseline, 6- and 12-month assessment intervals), were used to examine antecedents of DV vs. NDV. Post-hoc analyses examined substance use×reasons and gender interactions. Results Prescription sedative/opioid misuse was more likely to be reported prior to DV whereas alcohol only, and co-ingested alcohol and marijuana only, were more likely to be reported prior to NDV. Reasons for DV included: "personal belongings", "angry/bad mood," "jealousy," "drunk/high on drugs" and "arguing about sex". Reasons for NDV included: "rumors," "retaliation," "personal space" and "aid (someone) due to physical attack". Substance use before/during conflicts and reasons for conflicts were both uniquely associated with DV versus NDV. Two gender interactions were found. Conclusions ED based interventions for urban youth need to be tailored by gender, substance use (alcohol, cocaine, sedatives), reasons for violence, and type of violence (DV vs. NDV).
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Data from timeline follow-back and daily diary studies suggest that intoxication increases the likelihood of DV perpetration or victimization among males and females, and sexual violence victimization among women.
“data from timeline follow-back and daily diary studies suggest that intoxication increases the likelihood of DV (perpetration or victimization) among males and females as well as sexual violence victimization among women”
From Understanding the Role of Alcohol, Anxiety, and Trait Mindfulness in the Perpetration of Physical and Sexual Dating Violence in Emerging Adults. (2018) · cites this paper as Epstein-Ngo et al., 2014
The Methods and Results describe timeline follow-back data and report that substance use preceded about half of dating-violence incidents. The Introduction also reports prior daily-calendar findings linking substance use to days with violence. But this paper does not establish that intoxication increases the likelihood of dating violence perpetration or victimization in both sexes, and it does not address sexual-violence victimization among women; its main comparison is dating versus non-dating violence (Results §§3.1–3.3; page unavailable). (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredLaboratory and daily assessment studies indicate that alcohol intoxication lowers inhibition and raises the chance that cues are interpreted as aggressive.
“Data from laboratory and daily assessment studies show that alcohol intoxication reduces inhibition, increasing the likelihood of cue interpretation as aggressive”
From Understanding the Role of Alcohol, Anxiety, and Trait Mindfulness in the Perpetration of Physical and Sexual Dating Violence in Emerging Adults. (2018) · cites this paper as Epstein-Ngo et al., 2014
The Methods (§2.3–2.4) describe an event-level assessment of substance use and violent conflicts, and the Discussion (§4) reports alcohol use before some conflicts. Neither passage addresses laboratory findings, reduced inhibition, or interpreting cues as aggressive. Searches for those mechanisms found no supporting passage in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.72)
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- Authors
- Epstein-Ngo, Q. M., Walton, M. A., Chermack, S. T., Blow, F. C., Zimmerman, M. A., & Cunningham, R. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Epstein-Ngo, Quyen M.
- Venue
- Addictive Behaviors
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-01
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 350-353
- ISSN
- 0306-4603 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3883351
- OpenAlex
- W1964870092
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- 2.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (R01 024646)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA024646, T32DA007267)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Keywords
- dating violence, youth violence, substance use, alcohol consumption, cannabis use, cocaine use, causes of violence, gender differences, violence prevention, emergency department, timeline follow-back
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholic Intoxication, Analgesics, Opioid, Emergency Service, Hospital, Female, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives, Male, Risk Factors, Spouse Abuse, Urban Population, Violence, Logistic Models, Substance-Related Disorders, Multilevel Analysis, Young Adult, Prescription Drug Misuse
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