Relationships among alcohol use, hyperarousal, and marital abuse and violence in Vietnam veterans

Alcohol use (frequency and quantity) and the hyperarousal feature of PTSD were examined in relation to male‐perpetrated marital abuse and violence using data from 376 couples who participated in the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study. Veteran's self‐reported hyperarousal was significa...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of traumatic stress 2001-10, Vol.14 (4), p.717-732
Main Authors: Savarese, Vincent W., Suvak, Michael K., King, Lynda A., King, Daniel W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcoholism
Arousal
Biological and medical sciences
Domestic Violence - psychology
drinking frequency
drinking quantity
Humans
hyperarousal
Male
marital violence
Marriage - psychology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
posttraumatic stress disorder
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Severity of Illness Index
spousal abuse
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology
substance abuse
Veterans - psychology
Vietnam veterans
Warfare
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Alcohol use (frequency and quantity) and the hyperarousal feature of PTSD were examined in relation to male‐perpetrated marital abuse and violence using data from 376 couples who participated in the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study. Veteran's self‐reported hyperarousal was significantly associated with partner's report of physical violence and psychological abuse toward her. Differential relationships were found between veteran's self‐reported drinking frequency and drinking quantity and the outcomes; of the two components, only the average quantity consumed per occasion was independently related to husband‐to‐wife violence. Moreover, a complex interaction emerged between hyperarousal and the two dimensions of alcohol consumption in predicting violence, with the relationship between hyperarousal and violence varying as a function of both drinking frequency and drinking quantity.
ISSN:0894-9867
1573-6598
DOI:10.1023/A:1013038021175