Department of Psychological, Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy.
Parisian Laboratory of Social Psychology (LAPPS), Paris 8 University, France.
J Interpers Violence. 2020 Oct;35(19-20):3806-3832. doi: 10.1177/0886260517711176. Epub 2017 Jun 9.
Childhood maltreatment is considered a crucial explanatory variable for intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood. However, a developmental multifactorial model for the etiology of IPV is not shared by researchers yet. This study has investigated the role of a wide range of childhood maltreatments and family and social dysfunctions in predicting IPV; furthermore, it tests a model where childhood maltreatment mediates the relationship between environmental dysfunctions and IPV. The sample included 78 women: IPV (38) and non-IPV (40). The Italian version of the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA) Interview was used to assess the presence of adverse childhood experiences. The Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2) and the IPV History Interview were used to assess IPV in the last year and lifetime, respectively. The results of a multivariate logistic regression model have indicated that only sexual (odds ratio [OR] = 4.24) and psychological (OR = 3.45) abuse significantly predicted IPV; with regard to association between IPV and environmental dysfunctions, only poor social support (OR = 8.91) significantly predicted IPV. The results of a mediation model have shown that childhood psychological and sexual abuse, in association with each other, partially mediate the relationship between poor social support and IPV. The findings from this study pinpoint poor social support as an important predictor of IPV so far neglected in the literature on the developmental antecedents of IPV. They also support the theoretical assumption according to which dysfunctional environmental variables and types of childhood maltreatment interacting with each other may influence development outcomes.
儿童虐待被认为是成年期亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的一个重要解释变量。然而，研究人员尚未就 IPV 的病因学达成发展多因素模型。本研究调查了广泛的儿童虐待以及家庭和社会功能障碍在预测 IPV 中的作用；此外，它还测试了一个模型，即儿童虐待在环境功能障碍与 IPV 之间的关系中起中介作用。该样本包括 78 名女性：IPV（38 名）和非 IPV（40 名）。使用意大利版的《儿童期经历关爱和虐待访谈》（CECA）评估了不良儿童经历的存在。修订后的冲突策略量表（CTS-2）和 IPV 历史访谈分别用于评估过去一年和一生中的 IPV。多变量逻辑回归模型的结果表明，只有性虐待（优势比[OR] = 4.24）和心理虐待（OR = 3.45）显著预测 IPV；至于 IPV 与环境功能障碍之间的关联，只有较差的社会支持（OR = 8.91）显著预测 IPV。中介模型的结果表明，童年期心理和性虐待相互关联，部分中介了较差的社会支持与 IPV 之间的关系。这项研究的结果指出，较差的社会支持是迄今为止 IPV 发展前因文献中被忽视的 IPV 的一个重要预测因素。它们还支持了这样一种理论假设，即功能失调的环境变量和儿童虐待类型相互作用可能会影响发展结果。
