Dichter Melissa E, Wagner Clara, True Gala
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Building 4100 (Annex), Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Mil Med. 2015 Nov;180(11):1124-7. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00582.
Women U.S. military veterans report higher rates of lifetime intimate partner violence (IPV) compared with women who have never served in the military. However, we know little about the timing of IPV exposure relative to military service. To begin to understand the relationship between military service and IPV experience, we conducted surveys with 249 women military veterans seeking care at a Veterans Affairs medical center about experiences of physical, psychological, and sexual IPV before, during, and after military service. Additionally, we examined the association between deployment and IPV experience during and after military service. Findings indicated that women experienced IPV during each time period (before/during/after military service), with significant overlap of experiencing IPV during more than one time period and one-third (34.6%) experiencing IPV during all three time periods. Compared to those who were not deployed, women who had been deployed reported increased odds of experiencing psychological, but not physical or sexual, IPV during (but not after) military service. Implications of study findings for theory, research, and practice are discussed.
与从未服过兵役的女性相比，美国退伍女兵报告的终身亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）发生率更高。然而，我们对IPV暴露相对于兵役的时间了解甚少。为了开始理解兵役与IPV经历之间的关系，我们对在退伍军人事务医疗中心寻求治疗的249名退伍女兵进行了调查，询问她们在服役前、服役期间和服役后的身体暴力、心理暴力和性暴力IPV经历。此外，我们还研究了部署与服役期间及之后的IPV经历之间的关联。研究结果表明，女性在每个时间段（服役前/服役期间/服役后）都经历过IPV，在多个时间段经历IPV的情况有显著重叠，三分之一（34.6%）的女性在所有三个时间段都经历过IPV。与未被部署的女性相比，已被部署的女性报告在服役期间（而非服役后）经历心理IPV的几率增加，但身体或性IPV的几率并未增加。本文讨论了研究结果对理论、研究和实践的启示。
