Julia Hammett
Arizona State University Campus Immersion, AZ·Psychology
Aggression between romantic partners is a common public health problem, and alcohol use is a well-known contributor. Most research looks for causes inside individuals, such as personality, or inside couples, such as how they communicate.
- Fields
Psychology
Public Health & Epidemiology
Social Science
- Topics
intimate partner aggression
intimate partner violence
alcohol use
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Jul 2027
What they work on
- Test whether the link between alcohol use and intimate partner aggression is stronger when couples' social networks are more isolated, using duocentric network data from 200 low-income couples.
- Test whether couples who perceive their networks as accepting of alcohol-related aggression report more of it, and whether dense networks strengthen or weaken this effect depending on the norm.
- Explore whether ties among social isolation, norms, alcohol use and partner aggression differ by the share of network members known in person versus online.
More about the research
This project instead asks whether the people around a couple shape whether drinking leads to aggression.
Why it matters
Alcohol-related partner aggression harms many couples, especially in low-income communities with fewer resources. By showing how social isolation and network norms relate to it, this work could provide an evidence base for prevention programs that target couples' social networks rather than only individuals.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
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Sabrina Boyce
University of California-Berkeley, CA·Public Health & Epidemiology
Estimate the causal effect of state anti-SGM and SGM-affirming laws adopted from 2021 to 2025 on sexual and intimate partner violence among SGM youth, using difference-in-differences analysis of Youth Risk Behavior Survey data.
The school
Arizona State University Campus Immersion: 36 labs on PI Pages, $1.0B a year on research, 625 research doctorates a year.
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