The more frequently men are intoxicated, the more likely they are to be verbally and physically violent toward their spouses. Alcohol abuse is connected to increased aggression and marital violence that tends to be more severe and more likely to result in injury.
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- Alcohol abuse increases the psychological distress of the non-drinking spouse. An adult’s alcohol
- With alcoholism and marriage, alcohol problems are related to increased rates of marital violence, poor communication
- Alcohol abuse increases the feelings of marital distress. Individuals in marriages in which one
- Among battered women, 40-60 percent reported that their husbands were heavy or problem drinkers
- Spouses under the influence of alcohol tend to act more aggressively, perhaps because their ability to
- Increase in the price of alcohol reduces the probability of severe violence aimed at wives.
- Excess alcohol can increase your risk of:
- Alcohol abuse decreases marital satisfaction because it decreases the drinking spouse’s ability to
- alcohol consumption is widely believed to be a precipitator of violent behaviors
- 95% of all violent crime on college campuses involves the