IPV and SUD have produced mixed results (Kristman-Valente & Wells, 2013), with the largest and most comparable study (Fuller-Thomson et al. 2016) indicating no significant gender differences in the associations of CPA with alcohol or drug dependence. The authors offered several explanations for their findings that may also apply to the current study, including the use of retrospective self-report, which may result in more conservative findings, and the potential influence of cohort effects, whereby the negative stigma surrounding women’s substance use has become less salient. Consequently, more women are thought to be using substances, potentially developing AUD, thus leading to a “washing out” of the effect (Kristman-Valente & Wells, 2013). Continued investigation of gender moderation is required, with special attention given to potential cohort effects.
