Intimate partner violence among married male U.S. Army soldiers: ethnicity as a factor in self-reported perpetration and victimization.
Correlates of self-reported intimate partner violence (IPV) were examined among 488 married male U.S. Army soldiers. Study results were examined within the framework of Johnson's (1995) typology, which proposes that there are two main types of IPV, common couple violence and intimate terrorism. We predicted that poor marital adjustment would be associated with minor violence, hypothesized to be indicative of common couple violence. We also predicted that psychological and behavioral characteristics associated with perpetrators of IPV would be more strongly correlated with severe inflicted aggression--a pattern hypothesized to be indicative of intimate terrorism. The results, based on a multivariate analysis of covariance, generally supported our hypotheses. Furthermore, the higher levels of IPV reported by Black respondents in this study were associated with the pattern hypothesized to be characteristic of common couple violence.
Rosen
Leora N
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National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC 20531, USA. rosen1@ojp.usdoj.gov
Parmley
Angela Moore
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Knudson
Kathryn H
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Fancher
Peggy
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D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D000413:Alaska; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D008603:Mental Health; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000145:classification / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology