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Downs, William R.; And Others – 1990
The relationships between experiences of parental violence during childhood and the development of alcoholism or victimization by severe violence from a partner in adulthood were examined by comparing samples of women in treatment for alcoholism (N=89), women receiving services for partner victimization (N=94), and a random sample of women (N=99).…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Battered Women, Child Abuse, Family Life

Downs, William R.; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
Examined whether experiences of parental violence during childhood are related to two separate adulthood problems for women: victimization by severe partner violence and the development of alcohol-related problems. Violence from both parents related to each adulthood problem, but important differences between mother violence and father violence…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Alcoholism, Child Abuse