COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Temilola Salami

TITLE: UNDERSTANDING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE PERPETRATION AMONG HBCU STUDENTS: THE MODERATING ROLE OF RACE-RELATED STRESS IN THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE AND IPV PERPETRATION

ABSTRACT: Intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration remains an important public health concern among emerging adults and college students. Black college students may encounter contextual stressors, including racism and racial discrimination, that affect psychological well-being, coping, substance use, and interpersonal functioning. Although substance use has been associated with IPV perpetration among emerging adults, less is known about contextual factors that may influence this association among Black students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Guided by the Risk and Resilience Framework, this quantitative, nonexperimental, cross-sectional correlational study examines the association between recent substance use and IPV perpetration and whether race-related stress moderates this association among Black undergraduate students attending an HBCU. The study will use archival data previously collected through a psychology participant pool at an HBCU in the southern United States. Recent substance use will be operationalized using past-three-month frequency items from Question 2 of the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST). Race-related stress will be measured using the Index of Race-Related Stress–Brief Version (IRRS-B), and IPV perpetration will be assessed using perpetration items from the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2). Depression, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and COVID-19 traumatic stress will be considered as covariates. Data will be analyzed using multiple regression and Hayes’ PROCESS Macro Model 1. Significant moderation effects will be examined using conditional effects and the Johnson-Neyman technique. Findings may advance culturally responsive understanding of IPV perpetration and inform prevention efforts addressing substance use and race-related stress within HBCU settings.

Keywords: Intimate partner violence perpetration, substance use, race-related stress, college students, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, HBCUs, emerging adulthood

Zoom Link:

https://pvpanther.zoom.us/j/82198721688?pwd=hLnBbtbDoLcNe1syUdsN021aSxqLHR.1

Meeting ID: 821 9872 1688

Passcode: 682888