RT Article
T1 Trajectories of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Intoxication in Young Adults Exposed to Childhood Violence and Later Problematic Drinking Behavior
JF Journal of family violence
VO 36
IS 2
SP 223
OP 233
A1 Strøm, Ida Frugård
A2 Birkeland, Marianne Skogbrott
A2 Flood, Helene 1982-
A2 Thoresen, Siri
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747364126
AB This study examines the alcohol use and alcohol intoxication trajectories for victims of childhood violence over time and the potential pathways of relational difficulties and revictimization for the association between childhood abuse and problematic drinking behavior. The sample included 681 respondents (aged 19–37 years) from a follow-up study (2017) conducted via phone interviews derived from a community telephone survey collected in 2013. Individuals who were exposed to violence (n = 298) had higher starting levels of alcohol intoxication at age 16, but the controls (n = 383) had a steeper increase across time. The violence exposed cases reported more problematic drinking behavior than the controls. Significant predictors for problematic drinking behavior among the cases were revictimization (OR = 2.08, 95% CI:1.17–3.70), having deviant peer relationships (OR = 2.73, 95% CI:1.47–5.06) and low social support (OR 0.71, 95% CI:0.51–0.99). Clinicians need to be aware of the negative relationships between revictimization, social relationships and problematic drinking behavior in individuals exposed to childhood violence.
K1 Young adults
K1 Revictimization
K1 Relational difficulties
K1 Trajectories
K1 Problematic drinking behavior
K1 Alcohol intoxication
K1 Alcohol use
K1 Childhood violence
DO 10.1007/s10896-019-00094-8