Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: Ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence
Background: Women have generally been found to be the victims of violence, but scant attention has been paid to the characteristics of women who perpetrate aggression and violence. In South Africa, violence is a prevalent societal issue, especially in the Western Cape. Method: This study aimed a...
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| author | Carney, T. Myers-Franchi, Bronwyn Kline, T.L. Johnson, K. Wechsberg, W.M. |
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| description | Background: Women have generally been found to be the victims of violence, but scant attention has been paid to the characteristics of women who perpetrate aggression and violence. In South Africa, violence is a prevalent societal issue, especially in the Western Cape.
Method: This study aimed at identifying factors that were associated with aggression among a sample of 720 substance-using women. We conducted multivariate logistic regression to identify factors that are significantly associated with these behaviours.
Results: Ethnicity (Wald X2 = 17.07(2), p < 0.01) and heavy drinking (Wald X2 = 6.60 (2), p = 0.01) were significantly related to verbal aggression, methamphetamine use was significantly related to physical (Wald X2 = 2.73 (2), p = 0.01) and weapon aggression (Wald X2 = 7.94 (2), p < 0.01) and intimate partner violence was significantly related to verbal (Wald X2 = 12.43 (2), p < 0.01) and physical aggression (Wald X2 = 25.92 (2), p < 0.01).
Conclusions: The findings show high levels of aggression among this sample, and highlight the need for interventions that address methamphetamine, heavy drinking and intimate partner violence among vulnerable substance-using women. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-856492021-10-22T00:23:47Z Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: Ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence Carney, T. Myers-Franchi, Bronwyn Kline, T.L. Johnson, K. Wechsberg, W.M. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Obstetrics & Gynecology Substance use Aggression Violence Women South Africa SUBSTANCE USE SEXUAL RISK HEALTH GENDER ASSOCIATION EXPERIENCES PREVALENCE INJURIES AGENDA Background: Women have generally been found to be the victims of violence, but scant attention has been paid to the characteristics of women who perpetrate aggression and violence. In South Africa, violence is a prevalent societal issue, especially in the Western Cape. Method: This study aimed at identifying factors that were associated with aggression among a sample of 720 substance-using women. We conducted multivariate logistic regression to identify factors that are significantly associated with these behaviours. Results: Ethnicity (Wald X2 = 17.07(2), p < 0.01) and heavy drinking (Wald X2 = 6.60 (2), p = 0.01) were significantly related to verbal aggression, methamphetamine use was significantly related to physical (Wald X2 = 2.73 (2), p = 0.01) and weapon aggression (Wald X2 = 7.94 (2), p < 0.01) and intimate partner violence was significantly related to verbal (Wald X2 = 12.43 (2), p < 0.01) and physical aggression (Wald X2 = 25.92 (2), p < 0.01). Conclusions: The findings show high levels of aggression among this sample, and highlight the need for interventions that address methamphetamine, heavy drinking and intimate partner violence among vulnerable substance-using women. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85649 10.1186/s12905-017-0447-2 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ BMC fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Obstetrics & Gynecology Substance use Aggression Violence Women South Africa SUBSTANCE USE SEXUAL RISK HEALTH GENDER ASSOCIATION EXPERIENCES PREVALENCE INJURIES AGENDA Carney, T. Myers-Franchi, Bronwyn Kline, T.L. Johnson, K. Wechsberg, W.M. Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: Ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence |
| title | Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: Ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence |
| title_full | Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: Ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence |
| title_fullStr | Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: Ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: Ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence |
| title_short | Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: Ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence |
| title_sort | aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from cape town, south africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence |
| topic | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Obstetrics & Gynecology Substance use Aggression Violence Women South Africa SUBSTANCE USE SEXUAL RISK HEALTH GENDER ASSOCIATION EXPERIENCES PREVALENCE INJURIES AGENDA |
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