Kong Jooyoung, Roh Soonhee, Easton Scott D, Lee Yeon-Shim, Lawler Michael J
1 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
2 University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2018 Sep;33(18):2826-2848. doi: 10.1177/0886260516632353. Epub 2016 Feb 24.
This study examined the association between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization among Native American adults. Based on Riggs's theoretical model of the long-term effects of childhood abuse, we also examined the mediating roles of insecure attachment patterns and depressive symptoms. The current study was a secondary data analysis using the 2013 General Well-Being Among Native Americans dataset ( N = 479). Structural equation modeling was used to examine the hypothesized relationships among key constructs. Consistent with existing literature of revictimization, our findings showed that the experience of childhood maltreatment was positively associated with IPV victimization. Mediation analyses indicated that depression was a significant mediator in the association between childhood maltreatment and IPV victimization. In addition, all the paths linking childhood maltreatment, fearful attachment, depressive symptoms, and IPV victimization were statistically significant, although the overall mediation effect was not significant. The results of this study suggest that Riggs's model can serve as a useful theoretical framework for understanding the long-term effects of childhood maltreatment among Native American adults. Practitioners in the area of IPV should include maltreatment history and current attachment patterns in client assessments, which could help address conflict and violence within intimate relationships.
本研究调查了美国原住民成年人童年期受虐经历与亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）受害情况之间的关联。基于里格斯关于童年期虐待长期影响的理论模型，我们还研究了不安全依恋模式和抑郁症状的中介作用。本研究是一项利用2013年美国原住民总体幸福感数据集（N = 479）进行的二次数据分析。采用结构方程模型来检验关键构念之间的假设关系。与现有的再受害化文献一致，我们的研究结果表明，童年期受虐经历与IPV受害情况呈正相关。中介分析表明，抑郁是童年期受虐与IPV受害之间关联的一个重要中介变量。此外，尽管总体中介效应不显著，但连接童年期受虐、恐惧型依恋、抑郁症状和IPV受害情况的所有路径在统计学上均显著。本研究结果表明，里格斯模型可作为理解美国原住民成年人童年期受虐长期影响的有用理论框架。IPV领域的从业者应在对客户的评估中纳入受虐史和当前的依恋模式，这有助于解决亲密关系中的冲突和暴力问题。
