Alcohol misuse and relationship breakdown: Findings from a longitudinal birth cohort

This study examined the associations between measures of alcohol abuse/dependence (AAD) and relationship dissolution from ages 19 to 30 in a New Zealand birth cohort.




The outcome measure was self-reported breakdown of a marital/cohabiting relationship during each year from age 20–21 to age 29–30. The study also used contemporaneous and one-year lagged measures of AAD symptoms; and