Research articleAdulthood Stressors, History of Childhood Adversity, and Risk of Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence
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Data
The NESARC used a multistage sampling design that yielded a representative sample of the civilian, non-institutionalized population aged ≥18 years residing in the U.S. at Wave 1 in 2001–2002 (81% response).35, 36 The present 2010 study uses data primarily from the Wave-2 follow-up interview (n=34,653, response rate, 86.7%; cumulative response, 70.2%),36 conducted in 2004–2005, which assessed IPV perpetration, childhood adversities, and past-year stressors. For respondents present in Wave 2,
Results
Among respondents married or in a romantic relationship in the past year (76.2% of women and 85.6% of men), women endorsed past-year IPV perpetration more often than men, with 7.0% (SE=0.3) of women and 4.2% (SE=0.2) of men self-reporting perpetration (χ21=61.9, p<0.001). Serious IPV perpetration was also more common among women than men, with 2.2% (SE=0.1) of women and 1.2% (SE=0.1) of men endorsing serious perpetration (χ21=24.3, p<0.001). Men and women reported similar levels of perpetrating
Discussion
Our major finding is that there is an interaction between recent stressors and childhood adversity, such that individuals exposed both to recent stressors and childhood adversity are at greater risk of IPV perpetration than would be predicted by an additive effect of stressors and childhood adversity alone. Prior work has examined the effects of childhood adversity and recent adult stressors separately and found that both predict perpetration. However, the current results show that association
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