Variables associated with intimate partner violence in a deploying military sample.
Variables associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) were examined within a sample of military personnel preparing to deploy. Soldiers with intimate relationships processed for mobilization through Fort Bliss, Texas, completed a questionnaire that queried demographic information, relationship satisfaction, stress, risky alcohol use behaviors, and tactics used during intimate relationship conflict. Four hundred forty-nine deploying soldiers (15.8% of 2,841 with usable data) reported IPV in the past year. Younger age, less education, less relationship satisfaction, more stress, and risky alcohol use behaviors were significant individual predictors of engaging in IPV. The results of this study are discussed in terms of their implications for targeting efforts to reduce IPV among military personnel.
Fonseca
Carol A
CA
University of Texas, El Paso, TX 79912, USA.
Schmaling
Karen B
KB
Stoever
Colby
C
Gutierrez
Casey
C
Blume
Arthur W
AW
Russell
Michael L
ML
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology