ArticleChild abuse & neglect2023
Understanding the effect of adverse childhood experiences on the risk of engaging in physical violence toward an intimate partner: The influence of relationship, social psychological, and sociodemographic contextual risk factors.
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- Prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety among community-dwelling women victim-survivors of intimate partner violence.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- An exploratory test of the pathways between adverse childhood experiences and later perpetration of intimate partner violence in South African male youth using theoretical frameworks.Child abuse & neglect · 2026Article
- From Childhood Trauma to Adult Mental Health Difficulties: Exploring the Role of Intimate Partner Violence Among Rural Indian Women.Journal of family violence · 2025Article
- The masking effects of self-efficacy and marital satisfaction on the association between childhood trauma and postpartum depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Factors associated with severity of depression among women intimate partner violence survivors in Lesotho: A cross-sectional study.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increase the risk of engaging in intimate partner violence (IPV) in later life.
objectiveThis study investigates the association between ACEs and engaging in physical violence toward a romantic partner in emerging adulthood while also accounting for proximal life experiences, including social psychological, intimate relationship, and sociodemographic characteristics. PARTICIPANTS AND
settingThis study draws on two waves of data from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study, a 19-year population-based longitudinal cohort study of adolescents transitioning to adulthood from Lucas County, Ohio (United States). This investigation includes 878 (399 men and 479 women) emerging adults.
methodsTo evaluate the association between ACEs and IPV perpetration, two waves of survey data were used, collected in 2001 and 2011-2012.
resultsACEs had a cumulative effect on IPV, where each additional ACE increased the odds of engaging in IPV by 51.0 % (p < 0.001). However, current drug use (OR = 1.131, p < 0.05), arguments between partners (OR = 1.517, p < 0.01), partner mistrust (OR = 1.663, p < 0.001), and jealousy and control (OR = 1.412, p < 0.001) were also significant correlates of IPV reports.
conclusionsACEs are a significant predictor of IPV perpetration among emerging adults, even when accounting for more proximal risk factors. These findings suggest that individuals working with clients who engage in IPV would do well to address the long-term trauma impacts of early life adversity in addition to more proximal risk factors to reduce the risk of continued violence.
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