title: U.S. reserve soldiers' combat exposure and intimate partner violence: Not more common but it is more violent.
abstract: Combat exposure's influence on intimate partner violence (IPV) in reserve soldiers is not well understood. This work examines combat exposure's influence on IPV in U.S. Army Reserve/National Guard soldiers and partners. Data are from Operation: SAFETY, a longitudinal study of U.S. Army Reserve/National Guard soldiers and partners. Logistic regression models examined odds of sexual aggression, physical aggression, and physical injury with combat exposure, controlling for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, marital satisfaction, and age. Combat exposure was associated with greater physical injury, despite no association between combat exposure and physical aggression. This was significant for male soldier to female partner, as well as female partner to male soldier injury. In addition, female partners were more likely to be sexually aggressive against their male soldiers. Female soldiers' combat exposure was not associated with IPV or injury. Although men's combat exposure did not increase the likelihood of physical aggression, it increased the likelihood of IPV resulting in injury for both husband to wife and wife to husband aggression. Results indicate postdeployment programming should focus on conflict resolution and communication for both partners.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo-The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah Cercone
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8246-7127
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Heavey
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo-The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: D Lynn
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Homish
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Erin Anderson
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Goodell
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo-The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.|Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University at Buffalo-The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.|Department of Family Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University at Buffalo-The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Homish
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D000069581:Exposure to Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: child/family; mental health; physical morbidity; posttraumatic stress