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ArticleInjury epidemiology2025

Structural racism and intimate partner violence perpetration among racially diverse men transitioning into fatherhood: an anti-racist approach to IPV prevention.

Tiara C Willie, Sabriya Linton, Leslie B Adams, Nicole M Overstreet, Shannon Whittaker, Theresa Faller, Deja Knight, Trace S Kershaw

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Tiara C WillieDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. twillie2@jhu.edu.
Sabriya LintonDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Leslie B AdamsDepartment of Public Mental Health and Population Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Nicole M OverstreetDepartment of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA.
Shannon WhittakerCenter for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Theresa FallerDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Deja KnightDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Trace S KershawDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Johns Hopkins HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Sciences Training ProgramT32AI102623 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Shruti H Mehta · 2013 to 2026
$5.3M
HIV/STD Risk Among Young Expectant Fathers: Relationship Attachment & TransitionR01MH075685 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KERSHAW, TRACE S · 2006 to 2010
$2.9M
Using Implementation Science to Increase PrEP Uptake among African American Women in the South - HIV/AIDS SupplementK01MD015005 · NIMHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIE, TIARA C. · 2020 to 2024
$947k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI102623NIMHD NIH HHS K01 MD015005NIMHD NIH HHS K01MD015005NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH075685NIMH NIH HHS R01MH075685
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Abstract

backgroundYoung couples transitioning into parenthood are at elevated risk of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV), in part, due to the social and economic stressors associated with this critical time. Interpersonal racial discrimination is a known risk factor for male-to-female IPV perpetration, however few studies have examined this relationship among men transitioning to fatherhood. Similarly, structural racism acknowledges how inequitable systems reinforce racial discrimination; yet, few studies have investigated whether structural racism relates to the discrimination-IPV perpetration association. This study examined relationships among structural racism, racial discrimination, stress, and IPV perpetration among racially diverse men transitioning into fatherhood.

methodsUsing data from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, a structural racism was assessed using a latent variable with four indicators: racial residential segregation, education inequity, income inequity, and employment inequity. Individual-level prospective data were collected during 2007-2011 from 296 men in expectant couples recruited from obstetrics, and ultrasound clinics in Connecticut. Structural equation models were conducted to investigate longitudinal associations among structural racism, discrimination, stress, optimism and emotional IPV perpetration.

resultsCompared to white men, Black men were more likely to experience structural racism (B = 0.95, p <.001). Structural racism was associated with more racial discrimination (B = 0.45, p <.05), more stress (B = 0.40, p <.05), and less optimism (B=-0.50, p <.001). Racial discrimination was associated with more stress (B = 0.23, p <.05) and marginally associated with a greater likelihood to perpetrate emotional violence against a female partner (B = 0.23, p =.06). Stress was associated with a greater likelihood to perpetrate emotional violence against a female partner (B = 0.31, p =.05). The indirect path from structural racism to IPV perpetration via racial discrimination and stress was marginally significant (B = 0.05, p =.07).

conclusionsThis study provides evidence of the ways in which structural racism in housing, education, income, and employment can contribute to men's use of aggression and violence against a female partner. Future intervention efforts to reduce emotional IPV perpetration could benefit from addressing structural racism.

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PMCPMC11866592

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