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Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence on Substance Use and Depression for Women and Men

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Using data from a nationally representative, longitudinal, and prospective sample of men and women, and controlling for prior involvement in the outcomes and demographic effects, the consequences of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) on substance use and depression were examined over a 3-year period. The results were unexpected. Men in the sample were more likely than women to report the prevalence of minor and violent IPV victimization, whereas women in the sample were more likely than men to report the prevalence of minor and violent IPV perpetration. Additionally, the consequences of IPV were more apparent for male respondents than for female respondents. Implications of these findings are discussed, as are the study’s limitations, and future research directions.

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  1. Although prior studies using the NYSFS data have examined continuity in marital violence over time (Elliott et al. 1994), gender differences in IPV (Morse 1995), the context of marital violence (Mihalic and Elliott 1997b), and violent-family origin and IPV (Lackey 2003; Mihalic and Elliott 1997a), the NYSFS data have not previously been used to test the hypotheses proposed in this study.

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Simmons, S.B., Knight, K.E. & Menard, S. Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence on Substance Use and Depression for Women and Men. J Fam Viol 30, 351–361 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-015-9691-0

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