Witness of Intimate Partner Violence in Childhood and Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence in Adulthood

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作者
Roberts, Andrea L. [1 ,2 ]
Gilman, Stephen E. [1 ,2 ]
Fitzmaurice, Garrett [3 ,4 ,5 ]
Decker, Michele R. [6 ]
Koenen, Karestan C. [1 ,2 ,7 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Soc Human Dev & Hlth, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[3] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[4] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Biostat, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[5] McLean Hosp, Lab Psychiat Biostat, Belmont, MA 02178 USA
[6] Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Populat Family & Reprod Hlth, Baltimore, MD USA
[7] Harvard Univ, Ctr Developing Child, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC MODULES; GENERAL-POPULATION SAMPLE; ALCOHOL-USE-DISORDER; IV AUDADIS-IV; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION; PROPENSITY SCORE; COMMUNITY VIOLENCE; UNTREATED SUBJECTS; YOUNG ADULTHOOD;
D O I
10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181f39f03
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Background: At least half a million women are victims of intimate partner violence in the United States annually, resulting in substantial harm. However, the etiology of violence to intimate partners is not well understood. Witnessing such violence in childhood has been proposed as a principal cause of adulthood perpetration, yet it remains unknown whether the association between witnessing intimate partner violence and adulthood perpetration is causal. Method: We conducted a propensity-score analysis of intimate partner violence perpetration to determine whether childhood witnessing is associated with perpetration in adulthood, independent of a wide range of potential confounding variables, and therefore might be a causal factor. We used data from 14,564 U.S. men ages 20 and older from the 2004-2005 wave of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Results: Nearly 4% of men reported violent behavior toward an intimate partner in the past year. In unadjusted models, we found a strong association between childhood witnessing of intimate partner violence and adulthood perpetration (for witnessing any intimate partner violence, risk ratio [RR] = 2.6 [95% confidence interval = 2.1-3.2]; for witnessing frequent or serious violence, 3.0 [2.3-3.9]). In propensity-score models, the association was substantially attenuated (for witnessing any intimate partner violence, adjusted RR = 1.6 [1.2 2.0]; for witnessing frequent or serious violence, 1.6 [1.2 2.3]). Conclusions: Men who witness intimate partner violence in childhood are more likely to commit such acts in adulthood, compared with men who are otherwise similar with respect to a large range of potential confounders. Etiological models of intimate partner violence perpetration should consider a constellation of childhood factors.
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页数:10
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