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Intimate Partner Aggression (IPA) is a significant public health problem, and risk for IPA is often highest among young adults. Previous studies have found that both alcohol use and trait anger are associated with greater levels of physical, sexual, and psychological IPA perpetration. However, IPA is a dyadic process that is impacted by the behavior of both partners, and little is known about whether alcohol use and trait anger by one or both partners may interact to predict IPA. Thus, the present study examines whether alcohol use and trait anger interacted to predict physical, sexual, and psychological IPA perpetration.

Data from 181 couples between the ages of 18–25 years were analyzed using an Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) framework, allowing for both actor and partner effects to be examined.

Results indicated that actor trait anger was associated with increased levels of …