Alcohol Use, Alcohol-Related Outcome Expectancies, and Partner Aggression Among Males Court-Mandated to Batterer Intervention Programs: A Brief Report

Abstract

Additional work is needed to determine how and/or why the relationship between alcohol use and increased risk of partner aggression (PA) exists. Researchers have begun to examine whether alcohol-related outcome expectancies (i.e., beliefs about the cognitive and behavioral effects of alcohol) are associated with PA irrespective of alcohol use. We examined the relationship between alcohol use, alcohol expectancies, and PA among 360 males arrested for a domestic violence offense and court-mandated to treatment. Results indicate that certain alcohol expectancies do play a role in the relationship between alcohol use and some forms of PA.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Department

Psychology

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260514555366

Keywords

Expectancies, Partner aggression, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Tactics Scales (CTS2), Domestic violence, Women, Consumption, Men

Language

English

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text

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