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Tess Ikonomou

EXPLAINED: Link between alcohol use and domestic violence revealed | Vintage Vibes

Men who binge drink have double the risk of initiating domestic violence than low-risk drinkers. (George Chan/AAP PHOTOS)

How much alcohol men drink in a typical session is a bigger factor than how often they drink when perpetrating intimate partner violence, research shows.

Using two lots of data from different periods spanning almost a decade from a study on male health, a report from the Australian Institute of Family Studies shows men with harmful use of alcohol had about double the risk of initiating physical violence than low-risk drinkers.

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