Open AccessVariables Associated with Intimate Partner Violence in a Deploying Military Sample
Author(s) -
Carol Fonseca,
Karen B. Schmaling,
Colby J. Stoever,
Casey A. Gutierrez,
Arthur W. Blume,
Michael L. Russell
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
military medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1930-613X
pISSN - 0026-4075
DOI - 10.7205/milmed.171.7.627
Subject(s) - domestic violence , bliss , military personnel , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , psychology , medicine , sample (material) , environmental health , clinical psychology , medical emergency , psychiatry , social psychology , geography , programming language , pathology , chromatography , computer science , archaeology , chemistry
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.
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