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Heavy Episodic Drinking among Victims of Violence: An Analysis of Sex Differences

Chervenak, Lia
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1270821837

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2010, Master of Arts, University of Akron, Sociology.
Violence has traditionally been researched as an outcome of alcohol use in situations of intimate partner violence or interpersonal violence. The present thesis examines heavy episodic drinking as an outcome of being a victim of intimate partner violence or interpersonal violence. Using survey data collected from undergraduates attending a Midwest university (N=422), three measures of intimate partner violence (physical, sexual and verbal/emotional) and two measures of interpersonal violence (physical and sexual) and their relationship with heavy episodic drinking will be explored using a series of logistic regression models. I also analyze how this relationship is influenced by sex with interaction terms created between each type of victimization and sex and by using split-sex models. Forty-six percent of the sample engaged in frequent or occasional heavy episodic drinking, and thirty-sex percent of the sample reported being a victim of either intimate partner violence or interpersonal violence. Results indicate that heavy episodic drinking behaviors are associated with intimate partner violence victimization and interpersonal victimization. Further analysis suggests that the type of victimization experienced has a differential impact on drinking behavior depending on the sex of the victimized.
Robert L. Peralta, Dr. (Advisor)
Valerie J. Callanan, PhD (Committee Member)
Kathryn M. Feltey, PhD (Committee Member)
53 p.
Sociology
heavy episodic drinking; intimate partner violence; interpersonal violence

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  • Chervenak, L. (2010). Heavy Episodic Drinking among Victims of Violence: An Analysis of Sex Differences [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1270821837

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chervenak, Lia. Heavy Episodic Drinking among Victims of Violence: An Analysis of Sex Differences. 2010. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1270821837.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chervenak, Lia. "Heavy Episodic Drinking among Victims of Violence: An Analysis of Sex Differences." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1270821837

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