Niestijl, Eva (2022) The Role of Alcohol Abuse in the Intergenerational Transmission of Domestic Violence. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The intergenerational transmission of domestic violence entails violent behavior within close relationships that is passed on to younger generations. Alcohol abuse and violence are strongly linked in the literature, making it a risk factor for perpetrating and passing on domestic violence. It is hypothesized that parental alcohol use can both directly and indirectly, through the perpetration of child abuse, affect alcohol use in their offspring, specifically when parents have severe adverse childhood experiences. The sample for this study was gathered by the Dutch Verwey-Jonker Instituut. The Dutch sample consisted of 1024 families who were reported for domestic violence to a domestic violence organization. 1150 parents and 362 children between the age of 8-18 participated. Sample characteristics were mostly representative of the Dutch population. Mediation analyses showed no mediational effect of child abuse, but instead showed two significant direct effects of child abuse and parental alcohol use on alcohol use in children, specifically in the group of parents without severe adverse childhood experiences. Parental alcohol use and child abuse significantly predicting alcohol use in children contributes to a large body of research highlighting the prevalence of alcohol abuse in domestic violence. Despite this, interventions for alcohol abuse are often not started or completed. Future research should aim to broaden our understanding of the influence of alcohol use in domestic violence and more interventions targeting alcohol abuse should be developed, implemented and evaluated. This could be a an important step in breaking the intergenerational transmission of domestic violence.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Borg, C. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Forensic Psychology and Victimology (FP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2022 07:47 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jun 2022 07:47 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/594 |
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