Mbilinyi Lyungai F, Logan-Greene Patricia B, Neighbors Clayton, Walker Denise D, Roffman Roger A, Zegree Joan
School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
J Aggress Maltreat Trauma. 2012;21(2):171-187. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2012.639203. Epub 2012 Feb 21.
The association between childhood exposure to domestic violence and later intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration in adulthood has been well established in the literature. However, the literature examining the factors of exposure that contribute to perpetration in adulthood is fraught with mixed findings, with some studies finding a direct link between childhood domestic violence exposure and later IPV perpetration and others ruling out a link after controlling for other contextual barriers such as community violence and socioeconomic status. This study examined 124 non-treatment-seeking and unadjudicated adult male IPV perpetrators and found exposure to domestic violence in childhood contributes to the normalization of violence, which could predict future adult IPV perpetration. Practice implications are discussed, namely primary and secondary prevention of intimate partner violence.
童年时期遭受家庭暴力与成年后实施亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）之间的关联在文献中已有充分记载。然而，关于促成成年后实施暴力行为的暴露因素的文献研究结果参差不齐，一些研究发现童年时期遭受家庭暴力与成年后实施IPV之间存在直接联系，而另一些研究在控制了社区暴力和社会经济地位等其他背景障碍后排除了这种联系。本研究调查了124名未寻求治疗且未被判决的成年男性IPV实施者，发现童年时期遭受家庭暴力会导致暴力行为正常化，这可能预示着未来成年后会实施IPV。文中讨论了实际应用，即亲密伴侣暴力的一级和二级预防。
