title: Gender differences in the experience of intimate partner violence among active duty U.S. Army soldiers.
abstract: The relationship of intimate partner violence to psychological distress and the mediating or moderating effects of social support were examined among 99 married active duty Army women and 477 married active duty Army men. Although approximately 40% of both the men and the women had experienced physical partner violence in the past year, in neither group was physical violence correlated with psychological distress when controlling for other variables. Among women, psychological abuse inflicted by a partner was significantly associated with greater psychological distress. Among men, poor marital adjustment was associated with greater psychological distress. An unexpected significant interaction effect was found among women indicating that those who were violent toward their partners under conditions of high peer support experienced greater psychological distress.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Leora N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Angela Moore
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Parmley
authors.forename: Kathryn H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Knudson
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fancher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States