University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Sodzo International, Houston, TX, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Oct;36(19-20):9035-9059. doi: 10.1177/0886260519862278. Epub 2019 Jul 24.
This study evaluates associations between childhood social environments and current intimate partner conflict tactics in early adulthood. The subsample for this study ( = 251 men) were participants in a larger community-based study of men's mental and behavioral health in semirural Kenya. A survey questionnaire was administered by trained interviewers, including validated recall measures from childhood, collective self-esteem and impulsivity, and the conflict tactics scale short form. Analyses utilized regression and mediation methods. The recall measures evaluated the degree of relational warmth and safety recalled from early childhood and forms of abuse, neglect and dysfunction present in the childhood home. Collective self-esteem assessed the perceived value of one's social groups and one's value as a member of these groups. Impulsivity measured the propensity to act without thinking. The conflict tactics scale evaluates the presence and frequency of specific behaviors following intimate partner conflict, which lead to two factors-negotiation-based tactics and violence tactics. More early memories of relational warmth, responsiveness, and safety during childhood predict fewer violent intimate conflict tactics. More adverse childhood experiences predict more violent conflict tactics and fewer negotiation-based conflict tactics. Self-esteem and impulsivity mediated associations between recalled childhood experiences and conflict tactics. Further research is required to explore other predisposing factors, psychological processes, and cultural and social norms surrounding the use of violent and nonviolent intimate partner conflict resolution by young men in Sub-Saharan Africa. Violence prevention strategies and policies should explicitly link intimate partner violence prevention with prevention of violence against boys. Interventions should recognize men who perpetrate intimate partner violence are more likely victims of violent childhoods than men who do not perpetrate intimate partner violence. Promoting collective self-esteem and reducing impulsivity among young men may reduce violence against women.
本研究评估了儿童时期的社会环境与成年早期亲密伴侣冲突策略之间的关联。本研究的子样本（n=251 名男性）为肯尼亚半农村地区男性心理和行为健康的大型社区研究的参与者。调查问卷由经过培训的访谈者进行管理，其中包括来自童年时期的验证性回忆测量、集体自尊和冲动、以及冲突策略量表短式。分析采用回归和中介方法。回忆测量评估了从童年早期回忆的关系温暖和安全感的程度，以及童年家庭中存在的虐待、忽视和功能障碍的形式。集体自尊评估了一个人对其社交群体的价值以及作为这些群体成员的价值。冲动性测量了不经过思考就行动的倾向。冲突策略量表评估了亲密伴侣冲突后存在和发生的特定行为，这些行为导致两种策略——基于谈判的策略和暴力策略。童年时期更多的温暖、回应和安全的回忆预测了较少的暴力亲密冲突策略。更多的不良童年经历预测了更多的暴力冲突策略和较少的基于谈判的冲突策略。自尊和冲动性在回忆的童年经历和冲突策略之间的关联中起中介作用。需要进一步研究探索其他易患因素、心理过程以及围绕撒哈拉以南非洲年轻男性使用暴力和非暴力亲密伴侣冲突解决方法的文化和社会规范。暴力预防策略和政策应明确将亲密伴侣暴力预防与预防针对男孩的暴力行为联系起来。干预措施应认识到，实施亲密伴侣暴力的男性比不实施亲密伴侣暴力的男性更有可能成为暴力童年的受害者。提高年轻男性的集体自尊和减少冲动性可能会减少针对妇女的暴力行为。
