Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence.

ABSTRACT:

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 Χ² = 17.07(2), p < 0.01) and heavy drinking (Wald Χ² = 6.60 (2), p = 0.01) were significantly related to verbal aggression, methamphetamine use was significantly related to physical (Wald Χ² = 2.73 (2

SUBMITTER: Carney T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5622560 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature