Øverup, Camilla S.DiBello, Angelo M.Brunson, Julie AnnAcitelli, Linda K.Neighbors, Clayton2018-02-262018-02-262015-02Copyright 2015 Addictive Behaviors. This is a post-print version of a published paper that is available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460314003384. Recommended citation: Øverup, Camilla S., Angelo M. DiBello, Julie A. Brunson, Linda K. Acitelli, and Clayton Neighbors. "Drowning the Pain: Intimate Partner Violence and Drinking to Cope Prospectively Predict Problem Drinking." Addictive Behaviors 41 (2015): 152-161. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.006. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.http://hdl.handle.net/10657/2390The present study examined the longitudinal association among drinking problems, drinking to cope, and degree of intimate partner violence (IPV). Two competing models were tested; the first model posited that drinking to cope leads to greater drinking problems and this subsequently leads to more violence in the relationship (an intoxication-violence model). The second model speculated that violence in the relationship leads to drinking to cope, which in turn leads to greater drinking problems (a self-medication model). Eight hundred and eighteen undergraduate students at a large north-western university participated in the study over a two year period, completing assessments of IPV, alcohol related problems and drinking to cope at five time points over a two year period as part of a larger social norms intervention study. Analyses examined two competing models; Analyses indicated there was support for the self-mediation model, whereby people who have experienced violence have more drinking problems later, and this association is temporally mediated by drinking to cope.en-USAlcohol-related problemsDrinking problemsDrinking to copeIntimate partner violenceLongitudinal mediationArticle