Introduction
Theoretic models suggest that associations between substance use and dating violence
perpetration may vary in different social contexts, but few studies have examined
this proposition. The current study examined whether social control and violence in
the neighborhood, peer, and family contexts moderate the associations between substance
use (heavy alcohol use, marijuana, and hard drug use) and adolescent physical dating
violence perpetration.
Methods
Adolescents in the eighth, ninth, and tenth grades completed questionnaires in 2004
and again four more times until 2007 when they were in the tenth, 11th, and 12th grades.
Multilevel analysis was used to examine interactions between each substance and measures
of neighborhood, peer, and family social control and violence as within-person (time-varying)
predictors of physical dating violence perpetration across eighth through 12th grade
(N=2,455). Analyses were conducted in 2014.
Results
Physical dating violence perpetration increased at time points when heavy alcohol
and hard drug use were elevated; these associations were weaker when neighborhood
social control was higher and stronger when family violence was higher. Also, the
association between heavy alcohol use and physical dating violence perpetration was
weaker when teens had more-prosocial peer networks and stronger when teens’ peers
reported more physical dating violence.
Conclusions
Linkages between substance use and physical dating violence perpetration depend on
substance use type and levels of contextual violence and social control. Prevention
programs that address substance use–related dating violence should consider the role
of social contextual variables that may condition risk by influencing adolescents’
aggression propensity.
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