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The Intergenerational Transmission of Spouse Abuse: A Meta‐Analysis
Author(s) -
Stith Sandra M.,
Rosen Karen H.,
Middleton Kimberly A.,
Busch Amy L.,
Lundeberg Kirsten,
Carlton Russell P.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00640.x
Subject(s) - spouse , marital relationship , psychology , domestic violence , meta analysis , developmental psychology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , sociology , medical emergency , anthropology
This study uses meta‐analytic procedures to examine the relationship between growing up in a violent home and subsequently becoming part of a violent marital relationship. Our meta‐analysis examines published and unpublished research studies that investigate the relationship between witnessing or experiencing family violence in childhood and receiving or perpetrating violence in an adult heterosexual cohabiting or marital relationship. The findings of this meta‐analysis suggest there is a weak‐to‐moderate relationship between growing up in an abusive family and becoming involved in a violent marital relationship. Differential effects of gender and sample type are also discussed.