TY - JOUR
T1 - A Path Model of Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence among Couples in the United States
AU - Schafer, John
AU - Caetano, Raul
AU - Cunradi, Carol B.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/2
Y1 - 2004/2
N2 - The present study was designed to identify the impact of drinking problems, impulsivity, and a history of childhood physical abuse on both male-to-female (MFIPV) and female-to-male intimate partner violence (FMIPV). The data were collected in 1995 from a representative national sample of couples living in the contiguous 48 states. Using a multistage probability sampling design, face-to-face interviews were conducted in respondents' homes, privately with each member of 1,635 couples. A complex path model building on earlier work was tested for African American, Hispanic, and White couples separately. Multiple-group path analysis demonstrated that impulsivity, alcohol problems, and childhood physical abuse were differentially associated with reports of MFIPV and FMIPV as a function of ethnicity. This study suggests that a history of being physically harmed by parental figures during childhood, impulsivity, and drinking problems are all risk factors for intimate partner violence in the general household population in the United States.
AB - The present study was designed to identify the impact of drinking problems, impulsivity, and a history of childhood physical abuse on both male-to-female (MFIPV) and female-to-male intimate partner violence (FMIPV). The data were collected in 1995 from a representative national sample of couples living in the contiguous 48 states. Using a multistage probability sampling design, face-to-face interviews were conducted in respondents' homes, privately with each member of 1,635 couples. A complex path model building on earlier work was tested for African American, Hispanic, and White couples separately. Multiple-group path analysis demonstrated that impulsivity, alcohol problems, and childhood physical abuse were differentially associated with reports of MFIPV and FMIPV as a function of ethnicity. This study suggests that a history of being physically harmed by parental figures during childhood, impulsivity, and drinking problems are all risk factors for intimate partner violence in the general household population in the United States.
KW - Predictors of intimate partner violence
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U2 - 10.1177/0886260503260244
DO - 10.1177/0886260503260244
M3 - Article
C2 - 15005998
AN - SCOPUS:0347933019
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 19
SP - 127
EP - 142
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
IS - 2
ER -