title: Premilitary intimate partner violence and attrition from the U.S. Navy.
abstract: A prospective study of U.S. Navy recruits (N = 5,498) examined whether premilitary intimate partner violence (IPV) was associated with attrition. Overall, more than one-fourth of recruits reported premilitary physical IPV and more than two-thirds reported premilitary verbal IPV. Women reported more perpetration and receipt of IPV than men, and married or cohabiting respondents reported more IPV than single respondents. Both perpetration and receipt of IPV significantly predicted attrition within 4 years. However, after controlling for other forms of IPV, only receipt of physical IPV significantly predicted attrition. In only one analysis did associations between IPV and attrition vary according to marital status or gender; premilitary receipt of verbal IPV had different effects on women and men.
authors.affiliation: Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92186-5122, USA.
authors.forename: Lex L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: Valerie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Stander
authors.forename: Cynthia J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: Julie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Crouch
authors.forename: Joel S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Milner
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D004526:Efficiency; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008890:Military Psychiatry; D009326:Naval Medicine; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States