title: Anger-related dysregulation as a factor linking childhood physical abuse and interparental violence to intimate partner violence experiences.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Childhood family violence exposure is associated with increased risk for experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain inadequately understood. Difficulties with emotion regulation may be one factor that helps to explain this relationship.
  
  
  METHODS
  Childhood physical abuse and interparental violence, as well as subsequent IPV experiences, were assessed in a large sample of young adults (N = 670). Several indicators of anger-related dysregulation were also assessed. Structural equation modeling was used to create a latent variable of anger-related dysregulation, which was examined as a potential mediator of the associations between childhood family violence exposure and IPV.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Childhood physical abuse and interparental violence were associated with greater physical, sexual, and emotional IPV victimization. Childhood physical abuse and interparental violence were also associated with anger-related dysregulation, which was positively associated with all three types of IPV experiences. Anger-related dysregulation fully mediated the association between witnessing interparental violence and physical IPV. Anger-related dysregulation partially mediated the association between witnessing interparental violence and psychological IPV and the associations of childhood physical abuse with all three forms of IPV. These associations were consistent across gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions aimed at reducing IPV risk among survivors of childhood family violence may benefit from including techniques to target anger-related emotion regulation skills.
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Iverson
authors.forename: Katie A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.forename: Kathryn C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Adair
authors.forename: Candice M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Monson
mesh_terms: D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000786:Anger; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult