Substance Use as a Correlate of Violence in Intimate Lesbian Relationships

This article examines the problem of domestic violence as related to substance abuse in lesbian relationships. One hundred and four self-identified lesbians responded to a 70-item mail survey. Thirty-nine reported a past or present abusive relationship. Sixty-four percent reported alcohol or drugs were involved prior to or during incidents of battering. Respondents' frequency of drinking significantly correlated with committing abusive acts as well as with being the victim of abusive acts. Efforts must be initiated to improve the delivery of human services to lesbian batterers and victims and to encourage cooperation and cross-fertilization between practitioners from the domestic violence and substance abuse fields

Criminology · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Lesbian · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Substance abuse · Substance use · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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