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Author: Wells, Samantha L.
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1. Wells, Samantha L.
Differences in Predictors of Alcohol-Related Aggression and Non-Alcohol-Related Violent Perpetration: An Exploratory Analysis in a Sample of Young Adult Drinkers
Contemporary Drug Problems 33,4 (Winter 2006): 563-583.
Also: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-166934482/differences-predictors-alcohol-related.html
Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Federal Legal Publications, Inc.
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior, Violent; Behavioral Problems; Risk-Taking

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In a secondary analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the present article explored whether drinking behaviors, early behavioral problems, risk-taking and demographic variables were differentially associated with alcohol-related aggression (arguments or fights after drinking) and non-alcohol-related violent perpetration (hitting or attacking someone) among drinkers aged 17 to 21. The most notable finding was that heavy episodic drinking and usual drinking location were significantly associated with arguments or fights after drinking but not with attacking or hurting someone, suggesting that drinking behaviors are risk factors that are specific to alcohol-related aggression; however, because identical measures of aggression were not used, further research is required. Additionally, predictors of engaging in both forms of aggression were examined, with findings indicating that drinking behavior, early conduct problems, and demographic variables were significant explanatory variables. Thus, there may be heightened risks associated with engaging in multiple forms of aggression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Wells, Samantha L. "Differences in Predictors of Alcohol-Related Aggression and Non-Alcohol-Related Violent Perpetration: An Exploratory Analysis in a Sample of Young Adult Drinkers." Contemporary Drug Problems 33,4 (Winter 2006): 563-583.
2. Wells, Samantha L.
The Relationship Between Alcohol-Related Aggression and Drinking Patterns, Social Roles, Drinking Contexts, Predisposing and Family Background Characteristics Ii Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers
Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Western Ontario (Canada), 2005. DAI-B 67/02, Aug 2005.
Also: http://gradworks.umi.com/NR/12/NR12063.html
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior, Antisocial; Behavior, Violent; Family Background and Culture; Family Studies; Social Roles; Variables, Independent - Covariate

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The primary purpose of this dissertation was to gain a better understanding of alcohol-related aggression experienced by late adolescent and young adult drinkers. The specific aims included determining the relationship between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related aggression, identifying potential confounders and modifiers of this relationship, and assessing the independent effects of social roles, drinking contexts, predisposing and family background characteristics on alcohol-related aggression. Separate analyses were conducted for males and females to assess gender specific effects. A secondary analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, Young Adult data was conducted. A composite cross-sectional data file was created from three years of data (i.e., 1994, 1996, and 1998) for young drinkers aged 17 to 21. Epidemiological model building was used to test for effect modification, confounding, and important covariates using multiple logistic regression analyses. While heavy episodic drinking, drinking frequency, and drinking volume were significantly associated with alcohol-related aggression in the univariate analyses, drinking frequency was found to be the most important explanatory variable in a multivariable analysis. The relationship between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related aggression was not confounded by social roles, drinking contexts, predisposing and family background characteristics. Significant effect modification of the alcohol and aggression relationship was found for gender, student status (males only), and usual drinking location (males only). A stronger relationship between heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related aggression was found for females than males and for male high school graduates not attending college than male college students. As well, a stronger relationship was found between drinking frequency and alcohol-related aggression for males who reported usually drinking in public locations away from home than for those who drank in private locations. Alcohol-related aggression was associated with family background variables (i.e., lower mother's education level, no exposure to family poverty, any change in family structure) and living arrangement (living with both parents versus living in own dwelling) for males whereas student status (high school drop-outs versus college students), drinking in public locations versus private locations, and recent aggressive behaviour were important explanatory variables for females. Longitudinal data are needed to assess change within individuals and allow for the proper assessment of temporal ordering of relationships.
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Wells, Samantha L. The Relationship Between Alcohol-Related Aggression and Drinking Patterns, Social Roles, Drinking Contexts, Predisposing and Family Background Characteristics Ii Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers. Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Western Ontario (Canada), 2005. DAI-B 67/02, Aug 2005..
3. Wells, Samantha L.
Graham, Kathryn
Speechley, Mark
Koval, John J.
Do Predisposing and Family Background Characteristics Modify or Confound the Relationship Between Drinking Frequency and Alcohol-Related Aggression? A Study of Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers
Addictive Behaviors 31,4 (April 2006): 661-675.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460305001516
Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior, Violent; Poverty; Risk-Taking

The present study examined whether predisposing and family background characteristics confounded (common cause/general deviance theory) or modified (conditional/interactive theory) the association between drinking frequency and alcohol-related aggression. A secondary analysis of the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth was conducted using a composite sample of drinkers, ages 17 to 21, from the 1994, 1996, and 1998 Young Adult surveys (n =602). No evidence of confounding of the relationship between drinking frequency and alcohol-related aggression was found. In addition, predisposing characteristics did not modify the association between drinking frequency and alcohol-related aggression. However, family background variables (mother's education and any poverty) were important explanatory variables for alcohol-related aggression among males, whereas recent aggression (fights at school or work) was an important predictor for females. Overall, lack of support for the conditional/interactive and common cause theories of the alcohol and aggression relationship suggests that alcohol has an independent explanatory role in alcohol-related aggression. In addition, the gender differences found in the present study highlight the need for more gender-focussed [sic] research on predictors of alcohol-related aggression, especially among adolescents and young adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR; Copyright 2006 Elsevier]
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Wells, Samantha L., Kathryn Graham, Mark Speechley and John J. Koval. "Do Predisposing and Family Background Characteristics Modify or Confound the Relationship Between Drinking Frequency and Alcohol-Related Aggression? A Study of Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers." Addictive Behaviors 31,4 (April 2006): 661-675.
4. Wells, Samantha L.
Graham, Kathryn
Speechley, Mark
Koval, John J.
Drinking Patterns, Drinking Contexts and Alcohol-Related Aggression Among Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers
Addiction 100, 7 (July 2005): 933-945.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.001121.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior, Antisocial; Behavior, Violent; Gender Differences; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

The main objectives of this study were to determine: (1) the relative roles of heavy episodic drinking (HED), drinking frequency and drinking volume in explaining alcohol-related aggression and (2) whether drinking context variables (i.e. usual drinking locations, typical drinking companions and extent of peer drinking) confound or modify the relationship between HED and alcohol-related aggression or whether they predict alcohol-related aggression independently. A secondary analysis of the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth was conducted. Alcohol-related aggression (denoted fights after drinking) was measured based on self-reports of arguments or fights that occurred during or after drinking in the previous 12 months. A composite sample of drinkers, ages 17-21, from the 1994, 1996 and 1998 Young Adult surveys ( n = 738) was used. Frequency of drinking and drinking volume largely confounded the association between HED and fights after drinking. Usually drinking in public locations away from home versus private locations was found to be significantly associated with a greater likelihood of fights after drinking among females. Among males, usual drinking location modified the relationship between drinking frequency and alcohol-related aggression, with the greatest risk of aggression for males who drank frequently and usually drank in public locations away from home. Programs designed to reduce drinking frequency in this population and to increase the safety of drinking locations in public places away from home may prove to be beneficial in reducing alcohol-related aggression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Bibliography Citation
Wells, Samantha L., Kathryn Graham, Mark Speechley and John J. Koval. "Drinking Patterns, Drinking Contexts and Alcohol-Related Aggression Among Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers." Addiction 100, 7 (July 2005): 933-945.
5. Wells, Samantha L.
Speechley, Mark
Koval, John J.
Graham, Kathryn
Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Heavy Episodic Drinking, Social Roles, and Alcohol-Related Aggression in a U.S. Sample of Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 33,1 (January 2007): 21-29.
Also: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00952990601082613
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Alcohol Use; Behavior, Antisocial; Behavior, Violent

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

To better understand alcohol-related aggression among late adolescent and young adult drinkers, the present research aimed to examine whether: 1) the relationship between heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related aggression was different for males and females; and 2) social roles (marital and employment status, living arrangement, student status) influenced alcohol-related aggression. Secondary analyses of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were conducted using a composite sample of drinkers aged 17 to 21 in 1994, 1996 and 1998 (n = 808). A stronger relationship was found between heavy episodic drinking and fights after drinking for females than for males. In terms of social roles, males who lived with their parents were more likely to fight after drinking than those living in their own dwelling, while females who dropped out of high school were significantly more likely to fight after drinking compared with college students. A gender focus is required in future research on alcohol-related aggression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Bibliography Citation
Wells, Samantha L., Mark Speechley, John J. Koval and Kathryn Graham. "Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Heavy Episodic Drinking, Social Roles, and Alcohol-Related Aggression in a U.S. Sample of Late Adolescent and Young Adult Drinkers." American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 33,1 (January 2007): 21-29.