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The Continuation of Intimate Partner Violence From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Author(s) -
Cui Ming,
Ueno Koji,
Gordon Mellissa,
Fincham Frank D.
Publication year - 2013
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/jomf.12016
Subject(s) - psychology , aggression , young adult , developmental psychology , poison control , injury prevention , suicide prevention , domestic violence , romance , longitudinal study , human factors and ergonomics , ethnic group , occupational safety and health , medicine , medical emergency , pathology , sociology , anthropology , psychoanalysis
Little attention has been paid to whether violence in adolescent romantic relationships is associated with relationship violence later in young adulthood. This study examined the continuation of intimate partner violence ( IPV ) from adolescence to young adulthood. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, results from negative binomial models and propensity score models showed that being victimized by relationship partners in adolescence was significantly associated with both perpetration and victimization in romantic relationships in young adulthood. Women reported higher levels of perpetration and lower levels of victimization than men did. Those who were living together (married or cohabiting) reported higher levels of victimization and perpetration than those who were dating. Further, such associations existed beyond the effects of parent–child violence and general aggression tendencies, suggesting the continuation of relationship‐specific violence. Finally, these patterns persisted after controlling for participants' age, race and ethnicity, parental education, and family structure .