NCJ Number
174429
Journal
Addiction Volume: 91 Issue: 11 Dated: November 1996 Pages: 1651-1661
Date Published
1996
Length
11 pages
Annotation
The impact of alcohol consumption, drinking patterns, and drinking context on involvement in alcohol-related violence was assessed in this survey of 2,711 Norwegian adults.
Abstract
Data collected from a 1994 national opinion poll showed having taken part in a fight while influenced by alcohol and having been injured by an intoxicated person during the past year were reported by 3 percent and 2.4 percent of respondents, respectively. Involvement in alcohol-related violence was most often reported by younger people and single people, and such involvement was positively associated with alcohol consumption, frequency of intoxication, and frequency of visiting public drinking places. Both frequency of intoxication and overall alcohol consumption were positively related to the probability of having been in a fight while intoxicated. Frequency of visits to public drinking places was significantly associated with the risk of being injured by an intoxicated person, when own drinking pattern was controlled for. Results also indicated the more often drinking occurred in public drinking places, the less impact intoxication had on the probability of getting into a fight. 19 references, 7 tables, and 3 figures