Objective Alcohol use/problems and emotion dysregulation are associated with increased intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. Additionally, alcohol use is an overt coping mechanism for dysregulated emotion. While past research has examined alcohol use/problems as a mediator between emotion dysregulation and IPV, research is limited within clinical samples. The current study sought to fill this gap by examining a theoretical model by which emotion dysregulation and alcohol use/problems influence IPV perpetration in a sample of men arrested for domestic violence. Consistent with prior research, it was hypothesized that alcohol use/problems would mediate the relationship between emotion dysregulation and psychological aggression. Additionally, we hypothesized that emotion dysregulation would positively associate with increased alcohol use/problems, which would relate to increased physical assault perpetration through psychological aggression perpetration. Method Using a cross-sectional sample of 391 men arrested for domestic violence and court-referred to Batterer Intervention Programs (BIP), the present study used structural equation modeling to examine proposed pathways from emotion dysregulation to IPV perpetration directly and indirectly through alcohol use/problems. Results Alcohol use/problems explained the relation between emotion dysregulation and psychological aggression perpetration. In addition, emotion dysregulation related to psychological aggression which explained the relation between alcohol use/problems and physical assault perpetration. Conclusions These findings underline the importance of assessing and addressing emotion dysregulation and alcohol use/problems as risk factors for IPV in existing BIP as well as within theoretical models.

中文翻译：

---

酒精使用和问题作为情绪失调与亲密伴侣暴力行为之间关系的潜在中介。

目标 酒精使用/问题和情绪失调与亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 犯罪的增加有关。此外，饮酒是情绪失调的一种公开应对机制。虽然过去的研究已经检查了酒精使用/问题作为情绪失调和 IPV 之间的中介，但研究仅限于临床样本。目前的研究试图通过研究一个理论模型来填补这一空白，通过该模型，情绪失调和酒精使用/问题会影响因家庭暴力被捕的男性样本中的 IPV 犯罪。与先前的研究一致，假设酒精使用/问题会调节情绪失调和心理攻击之间的关系。此外，我们假设情绪失调与酒精使用/问题的增加呈正相关，这与通过心理攻击行为增加的身体攻击行为有关。方法 本研究使用 391 名因家庭暴力被捕并被法院转介施暴者干预计划 (BIP) 的男子的横断面样本，使用结构方程模型来检查从情绪失调到通过饮酒直接或间接实施 IPV 的拟议途径/问题。结果 酒精使用/问题解释了情绪失调与心理攻击行为之间的关系。此外，情绪失调与心理攻击有关，这解释了酒精使用/问题与身体攻击行为之间的关系。