Risk for Intimate Partner Violence and Child Physical Abuse: Psychosocial Characteristics of Multirisk Male and Female Navy Recruits

Type
PRTW
Summary

Survey data of 1,367 Navy recruits were utilized to explore the demographic and psychosocial variables associated with those who are at risk for engaging in intimate partner violence (IPV) and child physical abuse (CPA). Difference in demographic and psychosocial variables were found between those who were identified as being at risk for IPV only, CPA only, and both types of abuse (multirisk).

Citation
Merrill, L. L., Croush, J. J., Thomsen, C. M., Guimond, J. (2004). Risk for Intimate Partner Violence and Child Physical Abuse: Psychosocial Characteristics of Multirisk Male and Female Navy Recruits. Child Maltreatment, 9, 18-29. doi:10.1177/1077559503260852