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. 2018 Feb;24(2):144-162.
doi: 10.1177/1077801216678093. Epub 2016 Nov 24.

Postpartum Domestic Violence in Homes With Young Children: The Role of Maternal and Paternal Drinking

Elizabeth A Mumford  1 , Weiwei Liu  1 , Hannah Joseph  1
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Postpartum Domestic Violence in Homes With Young Children: The Role of Maternal and Paternal Drinking

Elizabeth A Mumford et al. Violence Against Women. 2018 Feb.

Abstract

There has been limited investigation of mothers' drinking patterns and their experience of domestic abuse while parenting young children, especially in the context of co-resident fathers' drinking. Using data representative of the 2001 U.S. birth cohort, the authors conducted longitudinal latent class analyses of maternal drinking over four perinatal time points as predictors of maternal victimization at 2 years postpartum due to intimate partner violence. Women classified as higher risk drinkers over the study period faced significantly increased risk of physical abuse while parenting a 2-year-old child. Among non-drinking mothers, paternal binge drinking signaled additional risk, with clinical and programmatic implications.

Keywords: Birth Cohort (ECLS-B); Early Childhood Longitudinal Study; domestic abuse; intimate partner violence (IPV); longitudinal latent class analyses (LLCAs); maternal drinking; paternal drinking.

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Figure 1. LLCAa model with covariates and distal outcomes
aLongitudinal Latent Class Analysis. IPV=Intimate partner violence.
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Figure 2
Longitudinal latent classes of mothers’ weekly quantity of alcohol consumption (ECLS-B, n=6,100)
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