Alcohol use moderates the relationship between symptoms of mental illness and aggression.

ABSTRACT: Diagnosis of mental illness (MI) inconsistently predicts aggressive behavior although co-occurrence of substance use appears to increase the frequency of aggression in MI populations. We propose that alcohol use should moderate the relationship between mental disorders marked by deficits in self-control and aggression and victimization. In the present study, alcohol use, physical aggression perpetration, physical aggression victimization, injury and psychiatric symptoms were assessed in a sample of 297 substance use disorder patients (102 women; M_age = 38.9, SD = 20.2) recruited from a residential treatment facility. Negative binomial regression analyses examined the relationship of physical aggression, victimization, and injury over the previous 12 months to sympt

SUBMITTER: Quigley BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6242760 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature