Typology of Violence Against Self and Others and Its Associations With Drinking and Other Drug Use Among High School Students in a U.S. General Population Survey

• NCJ Number: 241552
• Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Dated: September - October 2012 Pages: 349-366
• Author(s): Thomas C. Harford; Hsiao-Ye Yi; Robert C. Freeman
• Date Published: September 2012
• Length: 18 pages
• Contract Number(s): HHSN267200800023C
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined associations between binge drinking and other substance use and perpetration of violence against self and others.

Abstract

This study examines associations between binge drinking and other substance use and perpetration of violence against self and others. Data were pooled from the 2003, 2005, and 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, yielding a sample of 43,172 U.S. high school students. A typology was constructed to reflect four categories of behaviors: other-directed violence only, self-directed violence only, combined other- and self-directed violence, and no violence. Results from multinomial logistic regressions show that the frequency of binge drinking and other substance use were significant risk factors for each of the violence categories relative to no violence. However, the strengths of these associations varied across the violence categories. Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.