scholarly journals Alcohol Abuse Mediates the Association between Baseline T/C Ratio and Anger Expression in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángel Romero-Martínez ◽  
Marisol Lila ◽  
Luis Moya-Albiol
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Intimate Partner

Alcohol abuse, psychological distress, and suicidal thoughts are associated with intimate partner violence among parents’ with children

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 76-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Sipilä ◽  
Tuovi Hakulinen ◽  
Mika Helminen ◽  
Johanna Seppänen ◽  
Eija Paavilainen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts

scholarly journals Frontal alpha asymmetry in alcohol-related intimate partner violence

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1209-1217
Author(s):  
Brandi C Fink ◽  
Breannan C Howell ◽  
Sarah Salway ◽  
James F Cavanagh ◽  
Derek A Hamilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Alcohol Intoxication ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Acute Alcohol Intoxication ◽  
Alpha Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Alpha Asymmetry ◽  
Partner Types

Abstract Electroencephalographic (EEG) frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) has been associated with differences in the experience and expression of emotion, motivation and anger in normal and clinical populations. The current study is the first to investigate FAA in alcohol-related intimate partner violence. EEG was recorded from 23 distressed violent (DV) and 15 distressed nonviolent (DNV) partners during a placebo-controlled alcohol administration and emotion-regulation study. The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory 2 was used to evaluate anger experiences and was collected from both participants and their partners. During baseline, acute alcohol intoxication DV partners had significantly greater right FAA, whereas DNV partners showed greater left FAA. Both partner types demonstrated significantly greater right FAA during the placebo beverage condition of the emotion-regulation task when viewing evocative partner displays of contempt, belligerence, criticism, defensiveness and stonewalling, but greater left FAA during acute alcohol intoxication. Although no group differences were found in the emotion-regulation task, partner self-reported anger experiences accounted for 67% of the variance in the FAA of DV participants when intoxicated and viewing evocative stimuli, suggesting dyadic processes are important in understanding alcohol-related IPV. These findings suggest that FAA could index the affective and motivational determinants through which alcohol is related to IPV.

“Drinking Too Much, Fighting Too Much”: The Dual “Disasters” of Intimate Partner Violence and Alcohol Use in South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122110342
Author(s):  
Emma L. Backe ◽  
Edna Bosire ◽  
Emily Mendenhall
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Perceptions Of Abuse

The intersecting issues of intimate partner violence (IPV) and alcohol abuse in South Africa are often characterized as “disasters.” Ethnographic research among women in Soweto demonstrates the different manifestations of IPV, perceptions of abuse, and coping mechanisms to manage harmful domestic relationships. Findings suggest a consistent relationship between excessive drinking patterns and IPV—most significantly, physical and emotional abuse—while indicating that domestic violence measures should include questions about stress. The authors also argue against pathologizing the relationship between IPV and alcohol abuse, to instead center the structured, sedimented ways that violence within the home has become a “normalized” disaster.

scholarly journals 3463 Frontal Alpha Asymmetry in Alcohol-Related Intimate Partner Violence

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (s1) ◽  
pp. 106-106
Author(s):  
Brandi C Fink
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Trait Anger ◽  
Alpha Power ◽  
Anger Control ◽  
Alpha Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Alpha Asymmetry

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The current study is the first investigation of frontal alpha asymmetry in distressed violent (DV) and distressed nonviolent (DNV) partners during a placebo-controlled alcohol administration and emotion-regulation study. Because this is the first study of the pharmacological effects of alcohol on FAA, the first portion of the study was conducted to characterize alcohol effects in DV and DNV partners during the baseline condition. The subsequent portions of the study were conducted to characterize the effects of alcohol and evocative stimuli on FAA in DV and DNV partners. We hypothesized that DV partners would demonstrated greater left frontal alpha asymmetry when intoxicated and viewing evocative partner stimuli than DNV partners. Lastly, we attempted to replicate previous research that has found associations between baseline measures of FAA and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory – 2 (Spielberger, 1999) subscales of Trait Anger, Anger Expression-Out, Anger Expression-In, Anger Control-Out, Anger Control-In (Hewig, Hagemann, Seifert, Naumann, & Bartussek, 2004). METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Partners in the present study were drawn from a larger study investigating over-arousal as a mechanism between alcohol use and intimate partner violence (AA022367). Couples were recruited from the community via radio, television and newspaper advertisements, and eligibility screening occurred at the couple level. Participants included in the present analysis were 23 DV partners (12 female, 11 male), and 15 DNV partners (7 female, 9 male). The mean age of the sample was 32 (SD 4.8 years, range 23-40 years). Data from two DV partners were not included in the analyses of the FAA in the emotion-regulation tasks due to movement artifacts during the alcohol condition leaving too little data for analysis. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The expected beverage by couple type interaction did not reach significance [F (1, 36) = 3.93, p = .055], but the between-subjects effects of couple type revealed a significant difference [F (1, 36) = 4.425, p = .042]. Contrary to our hypothesis, however, these results suggest that under conditions of alcohol, DV partners evidenced significantly greater relative right frontal alpha power asymmetry whereas DNV partners evidenced greater relative left frontal alpha power asymmetry. Although there was no significant between-subjects effect, there was a nearly significant interaction between beverage type and emotion regulation condition [F = (1, 36) = 4.032, p = .052] and a significant main effect of emotion regulation condition [F (1, 36) = 7.579, p = .009]. It appears that asking the participants to “not react” to their partners’ evocative stimuli caused significantly greater right frontal alpha asymmetry. Because intimate partner violence is best understood in the context of conflict between two partners, we also examined partner-reported experiences of anger as predictors of DV participant’s FAA. The model as a whole predicted 67.4% of the variance in DV partner FAA, R squared change =.674, F Change (5, 15) = 6.21, p = .003. Three anger experience scales were statistically significant. The partner Anger Control-Out (B = -1.23, p =.001) scale recorded a higher standardized beta value and accounted for 40% of the variance in this model. Anger Control-In (B = .63, p = .022) accounted for 14% of the variance in the model, and Anger Expression-Out scale (B = .57, p = .024) accounted for 13.7% of the variance in the model. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: The current study is the first pharmacological study of the effects of alcohol on frontal alpha asymmetry in distressed violent and distressed nonviolent partners. Contrary to our hypothesis, under acute alcohol intoxication during the baseline condition, DV partners exhibited significantly greater relative right FAA compared to DNV partners who exhibited significantly greater relative left FAA. Because intimate partner violence is best understood in the context of couple conflict, we examined the ability of partners’ anger experiences to predict DV and DNV partners’ FAA, and a very interesting pattern emerged among our DV participants and their partners. The anger experiences of our DV participants’ partners accounted for 67% of the variance in the FAA of our DV participants when they were intoxicated and viewing evocative stimuli.

Contextual Factors Related to Alcohol Abuse Among Intimate Partner Violence Offenders

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alba Catalá-Miñana ◽  
Marisol Lila ◽  
Amparo Oliver ◽  
Juana-María Vivo ◽  
Laura Galiana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Intimate Partner

scholarly journals The Moderating Role of Trait Anger in The Relationship between Masculine Stress and Intimate Partner Violence

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Cantyo Atindriyo Dannisworo ◽  
Hana Berliani Adiningsih ◽  
Mellia Christia
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Trait Anger ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

There is a high rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) in urban settings. Previous research has found that masculine gender role stress (MGRS) and anger predict IPV. This study aimed to examine the moderating role of anger on the relationship between MGRS and IPV. The sample included 366 urban male college students across Java, who completed an online questionnaire. Measures used were the MGRS-A, BPAQ, and CTS2. Using Hayes’ moderation analysis, the model obtained a significant fit (R2 = .1039, F (3,362) = 13.994, p = .000). Both MGRS (p = .0264) and trait anger (p = .000) predicted IPV. The interaction between MGRS and anger was not significant (p = .0797). However, examination of the conditional effects revealed that there was a significant association between MGRS and IPV at moderate (p = .0264) and high levels of trait anger (p = .0058), but not at low levels of anger. Future studies should investigate the roles of anger expression, control behavior, and anger rumination.

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