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Alcohol and intimate partner violence: A meta-analytic review
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The link between alcohol use/abuse and partner violence attracted increasing research attention in the past decade. Some studies reported a null or weak association between alcohol use and intimate partner violence, whereas other studies reported a moderate or large association. Using a meta-analytic approach, the link between alcohol use/abuse and male-to-female partner violence as well as female-to-male partner violence was examined herein. The results indicate that there is a small to moderate effect size for the association between alcohol use/abuse and male-to-female partner violence and a small effect size for the association between alcohol use/abuse and female-to-male partner violence. For men only, several moderators were also examined and the magnitude of the effect sizes varied significantly as a function of the type of sample and type of alcohol measure selected. Specifically, there was a larger association of alcohol and aggression in clinical versus non-clinical samples and when measures assessed more severe alcohol problems.
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“whereas for males, average effect sizes ranged from small to moderate (r = .23; 95% confidence interval = [0.21, 0.24]).”
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“The authors found that among studies of female alcohol use/abuse and aggression, there was a small but significant average effect size (r = .14; 95% confidence interval = [0.08, 0.20])”
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- Authors
- Foran, H. M., & O'Leary, K. D.
- Affiliations
- Stony Brook University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Foran, Heather M.
- ORCID
- Foran, Heather M.
- Venue
- Clinical Psychology Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-10
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1222-1234
- ISSN
- 0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1970677133
- Cited by
- 766
- References
- 115
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 60 · 2020: 77 · 2019: 50 · 2018: 61 · 2017: 53 · 2016: 50 · 2015: 50 · 2014: 53 · 2013: 50 · 2012: 35
- FWCI
- 3.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- alcohol consumption, intimate partner violence, men's violence against women, alcohol abuse, aggression, moderators of effect size
- MeSH terms
- Alcohol Drinking, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Sexual Partners, Spouse Abuse
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