From Bottles to Bruises: Partner Substance Use, Relationship Dynamics, and the Risk of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa.

Int J Environ Res Public Health · 2026 · PMC12940458 · PMID 41752242

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A substantial majority of women whose partners exhibited controlling behaviour reported emotional violence (71.84%), compared to 28.16% among those whose partners did not, a difference that was highly significant ( p < 0.001).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.11not close (p > 0.1)

Relationship duration showed a declining pattern, with higher prevalence observed in shorter relationships, though this association did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.11).

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