Alcohol and Family Violence: Then to Now— Who Owns the Problem

Victimization and Substance Abuse among Women: Contributing Factors, Interventions, and Implications

“…Furthermore, both assortative mating and partner influence on substance use contribute to violence in the relationship because of the substantial co-occurrence of substance use and violence in relationships (T. Brown, Werk, Caplan, Shields, & Seraganian, 1998; Flanzer, 1990; Leonard, 1999; Leonard & Blane, 1992; Logan, Walker, & Leukefeld, 2001a, 2001b; Pernanen, 1991; Roizen, 1997).…”

“…However, in the process of “bonding” with a mate by using substances, there is a risk for violence due to the likelihood of the co-occurrence of substance use and violence (Amaro & Hardy-Fanta, 1995; Flanzer, 1982, 1990; Klien, 1996; Leonard & Quigley, 1999; Scott, Schafer, & Greenfield, 1999). Alcohol use has been widely reported among male perpetrators of intimate violence, with 25% to 90% reported as having used alcohol before or during violence perpetration episodes (T.…”

Child Discipline and Physical Abuse in Immigrant Latino Families: Reducing Violence and Misunderstandings

“…Cultural and familial factors may mitigate certain stressors so that, for example, although children who live in crowded quarters are generally subjected to higher levels of physical abuse, this may be less true if the cohabitants are members of the extended family (Youssef, Attia, & Kamel, 1998). In studies among non-Latino and mixed populations, the following stressors have been correlated with physical child abuse: paternal unemployment (Gillham et al, 1998), poverty, single-parent families, parental substance abuse (Davis, 1990;Flanzer, 1990), social isolation (Coohey, 1996), and physical abuse of the mother by the father (Ross, 1996).…”

A Comparative Analysis of Child Welfare Services through the Eyes of African American, Caucasian, and Latino Parents

“…Zayas (1992) found that Latino compared to European American parents were typically younger, less educated, employed at lower paying jobs, and poorer, thereby placing their children at great risk for adverse social, health, and developmental outcomes, including family dysfunction. Other studies among the Latino population have found that poverty, single-parent families, parental substance abuse (Davis, 1990;Flanzer, 1990), paternal unemployment (Gillham, Tanner, & Cheyne, 1998), and social isolation (Coohey, 2001) were correlated with child abuse (Fontes, 2002). A mother's history of child abuse and neglect was predictive of her use of physical or verbal punishment (Ferrari, 2002).…”