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

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dc.contributor.authorCarney, Tara
dc.contributor.authorMyers, Bronwyn
dc.contributor.authorKline, Tracy L
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Kim
dc.contributor.authorWechsberg, Wendee M
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-08T06:54:53Z
dc.date.available2021-10-08T06:54:53Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: 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), p = 0.01) and weapon aggression (Wald Χ2 = 7.94 (2), p < 0.01) and intimate partner violence was significantly related to verbal (Wald Χ2 = 12.43 (2), p < 0.01) and physical aggression (Wald Χ2 = 25.92 (2), p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The findings show high levels of aggression among this sample, and highlight the need for interventions that address methamphetamine, heavy drinking and intimate partner violence among vulnerable substance-using women.
dc.identifier.apacitationCarney, T., Myers, B., Kline, T. L., Johnson, K., & Wechsberg, W. M. (2017). Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence. <i>BMC Women's Health</i>, 17(1), 174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34367en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCarney, Tara, Bronwyn Myers, Tracy L Kline, Kim Johnson, and Wendee M Wechsberg "Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence." <i>BMC Women's Health</i> 17, 1. (2017): 174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34367en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCarney, T., Myers, B., Kline, T.L., Johnson, K. & Wechsberg, W.M. 2017. Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence. <i>BMC Women's Health.</i> 17(1):174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34367en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1472-6874
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Carney, Tara AU - Myers, Bronwyn AU - Kline, Tracy L AU - Johnson, Kim AU - Wechsberg, Wendee M AB - 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), p = 0.01) and weapon aggression (Wald Χ2 = 7.94 (2), p < 0.01) and intimate partner violence was significantly related to verbal (Wald Χ2 = 12.43 (2), p < 0.01) and physical aggression (Wald Χ2 = 25.92 (2), p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The findings show high levels of aggression among this sample, and highlight the need for interventions that address methamphetamine, heavy drinking and intimate partner violence among vulnerable substance-using women. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 1 J1 - BMC Women's Health LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2017 SM - 1472-6874 T1 - Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence TI - Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34367 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/34367
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCarney T, Myers B, Kline TL, Johnson K, Wechsberg WM. Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence. BMC Women's Health. 2017;17(1):174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34367.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.sourceBMC Women's Health
dc.source.journalissue1
dc.source.journalvolume17
dc.source.pagination174 - 177
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0447-2
dc.subject.otherAggression
dc.subject.otherSouth Africa
dc.subject.otherSubstance use
dc.subject.otherViolence
dc.subject.otherWomen
dc.titleAggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearch
uct.type.resourceJournal Article
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