title: Intimate Partner Violence in the Canadian Armed Forces: The Role of Family Stress and Its Impact on Well-Being.
abstract: Unique demands of military life (e.g., deployment) can have a significant impact on family life. Although most families cope effectively with military life stressors, some may have difficulty adjusting, experiencing marital conflicts, and violence. Evidence suggests that unmanaged occupational demands may create family stress by interfering with efforts to fulfill family duties. This study examined the effects of work-family conflict and marital satisfaction on intimate violence experienced by Canadian Armed Forces members, and the impact of such violence on their psychological well-being (N = 525). Regression analyses showed that both work-family conflict and marital satisfaction were unique and significant predictors of emotional and physical violence experienced by Canadian Armed Forces members. Moreover, bootstrapping analyses demonstrated that marital satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between work-family and family-work conflicts and intimate partner violence. The results point to the importance of examining the interrelationship between family stress and occupational stressors when exploring interpersonal violence and its psychological impact on military personnel.
authors.affiliation: Defence Research and Development Canada, Department of National Defence 101 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K2, Canada.
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skomorovsky
authors.affiliation: Defence Research and Development Canada, Department of National Defence 101 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K2, Canada.
authors.forename: Filsan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hujaleh
authors.affiliation: Defence Research and Development Canada, Department of National Defence 101 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K2, Canada.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolejszo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000639:trends*; D055815:Young Adult