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Summary
The records of married U.S. Air Force personnel were reviewed to compare rates of spouse abuse before and after combat deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF). Overall rates of spousal abuse were lower after deployment than before, and some couples engaged in bidirectional violence.
Citation
Rabenhorst, M. M., Thomsen, C. J., Milner, J. S., Foster, R. E., Linkh, D. J., Copeland, C. W. (2012). Spouse Abuse and Combat-Related Deployments in Active Duty Air Force Couples. Psychology of Violence, 2, 273-284. doi:10.1037/a0027094