Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Dec;36(23-24):NP12576-NP12599. doi: 10.1177/0886260519900307. Epub 2020 Jan 26.
College students experience intimate partner violence (IPV) at an alarming rate, and preventing such violence depends on identifying factors that contribute to perpetration. Although there is extensive research that has established a link between childhood neglect and later physical IPV perpetration, less is known about the specific mechanisms through which childhood neglect leads to IPV perpetration. In the present study, we examined potential mediators of the relationship between childhood neglect and IPV perpetration by college students, with special emphasis on the role of depressive symptoms and IPV victimization. A total of 302 college students reported on their experiences of childhood maltreatment, depressive symptoms, and IPV victimization and perpetration. Results indicate that increasing levels of childhood emotional and physical neglect correspond with increasing rates of IPV perpetration, after accounting for the effect of childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. This effect between childhood neglect and IPV perpetration was fully mediated by the combination of IPV victimization and depressive symptoms for the overall sample. However, when examining the model for men and women separately, only the indirect effect through victimization remained statistically significant for men. Our findings suggest that research on the link between childhood neglect and IPV perpetration should also consider the impact of IPV victimization, as neglect may lead to IPV perpetration within the context of a mutually aggressive relationship. Furthermore, these findings indicate that childhood neglect leads to long-term emotional consequences that contribute to later IPV perpetration, and treating depressive symptoms may help prevent IPV perpetration against college students who experienced childhood neglect.
大学生经历亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的比率令人震惊，而预防这种暴力取决于确定导致暴力的因素。尽管有大量研究已经确立了童年忽视与后来的身体 IPV 实施之间的联系，但对于童年忽视如何导致 IPV 实施的具体机制知之甚少。在本研究中，我们研究了童年忽视与大学生 IPV 实施之间关系的潜在中介因素，特别强调了抑郁症状和 IPV 受害的作用。共有 302 名大学生报告了他们在童年时期受到的虐待、抑郁症状和 IPV 受害和实施的经历。结果表明，在考虑到童年时期情感、身体和性虐待的影响后，童年时期情感和身体忽视程度的增加与 IPV 实施率的增加相对应。童年忽视和 IPV 实施之间的这种影响完全由 IPV 受害和抑郁症状的组合介导，对于整个样本来说都是如此。然而，当分别检查男性和女性的模型时，只有男性的受害途径在统计学上仍然具有显著意义。我们的研究结果表明，关于童年忽视与 IPV 实施之间联系的研究也应该考虑到 IPV 受害的影响，因为在相互攻击的关系中，忽视可能导致 IPV 实施。此外，这些发现表明，童年忽视会导致长期的情绪后果，从而导致以后对经历过童年忽视的大学生实施 IPV，而治疗抑郁症状可能有助于预防 IPV 对经历过童年忽视的大学生的实施。
