Hazardous alcohol use and intimate partner violence in the military: Understanding protective factors

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 471-483

  Foran, Heather M ^a   Heyman, Richard E ^b   Slep, Amy M Smith ^b   Snarr, Jeffery D ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lackland Kelly Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol abuse; family violence; intimate partner violence; military; problem drinking

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AIR FORCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY SAFETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATURATION; MILITARY SERVICE; PARENT CHILD SATISFACTION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HAPPINESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875063772     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027688     Document Type: Article

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