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Published in: Prevention Science 4/2012

01-08-2012

Stability of Intimate Partner Violence by Men across 12 Years in Young Adulthood: Effects of Relationship Transitions

Authors: Joann Wu Shortt, Deborah M. Capaldi, Hyoun K. Kim, David C. R. Kerr, Lee D. Owen, Alan Feingold

Published in: Prevention Science | Issue 4/2012

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Abstract

The present study examined the stability of young men’s intimate partner violence (IPV) over a 12-year period as a function of relationship continuity or discontinuity. Multiwave measures of IPV (physical and psychological aggression) were obtained from 184 men at risk for delinquency and their women partners. The effects of relationship continuity versus transitions on change in IPV were examined using multilevel analyses. In general, men’s IPV decreased over time. Men’s physical aggression in their early 20s predicted levels of physical aggression about 7 years later, and men’s psychological aggression in their early 20s predicted levels of psychological aggression about 10–12 years later. As hypothesized, higher stability in IPV was found for men who stayed with the same partners, whereas men experiencing relationship transitions showed greater change. The IPV of new partners was linked to the changes in men’s IPV that occurred with repartnering. There was less change in men’s IPV over time as men changed partners less frequently.
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Metadata
Title
Stability of Intimate Partner Violence by Men across 12 Years in Young Adulthood: Effects of Relationship Transitions
Authors
Joann Wu Shortt
Deborah M. Capaldi
Hyoun K. Kim
David C. R. Kerr
Lee D. Owen
Alan Feingold
Publication date
01-08-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Prevention Science / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 1389-4986
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6695
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-011-0202-0

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