Intergenerational transmission of relationship aggression: A prospective longitudinal study.

Abstract

The present study examined whether physical and verbal aggression in the family of origin were associated with similar patterns of aggression in young adult couples. Hypotheses were tested using a sample of 213 focal individuals who were followed from adolescence to adulthood. Results suggested that aggression in the family when focal participants were adolescents predicted aggression with romantic partners when participants were adults. The association between interparental aggression and later aggression in adult romantic unions was partially mediated through parents’ aggression to focal participants when they were adolescents. Both physical and verbal aggression revealed the same pattern of findings. All together, these findings are consistent with a developmental-interactional perspective (Capaldi & Gorman-Smith, 2003) concerning the developmental origins of aggression in intimate relationships.

The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Women and Child Survivors: An Attachment Perspective

“…The majority of studies examining the intergenerational transmission of IPV have focused on the effects of directly or indirectly witnessing violence as a child or adolescent on later adult experiences of intimate partner violence (Black, Oberlander, Lewis, Knight, Zolotor, Litrownik et al, 2009;Cannon, Bonomi, Anderson, & Rivara, 2009;Kerley, Xu, Sirisunyaluck, & Alley, 2010;Renner & Slack, 2006;Smith, Ireland, Park, Elwyn, & Thornberry, 2011). These studies have more commonly focused on the transmission of perpetration rather than the transmission of victimization risk (e.g., Cui, Durtschi, Donnellan, Lorenz, & Conger, 2010), and have most frequently examined the relationship between direct exposure to parental violence as reported by individuals and their adult experiences of perpetration or victimization (e.g., Black et al, 2009;Cannon et al, 2009). Studies assessing intergenerational transmission of risk have often adopted a social learning theory approach to explaining these phenomena, proposing that observational learning mechanisms account for the majority of variation in adult outcomes (Kerley et al, 2010).…”

A Latent Class Approach to Understanding the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence in Emerging Adult Relationships

“…Prospective and retrospective data provide support for links between varying forms of maltreatment and varying forms of intimate partner violence. Research on emerging adults using longitudinal designs shows that exposure to interparental violence is related to psychological and physical intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization (Cui, Durtschi, Donnellan, Lorenz, & Conger, 2010;Fergusson, Boden, & Horwood, 2006;Smith, Ireland, Park, Elwyn, & Thornberry, 2011). Further, there is evidence that experiences of physical maltreatment and neglect in childhood are related to reported injuries sustained through intimate partner violence (Ehrensaft et al, 2003).…”

“…Despite evidence indicating that maltreatment and intimate partner violence are multidimensional constructs (Bogat et al, 2005;Herrenkohl & Herrenkohl, 2009;Swartout & Swartout, 2012), research on the IGT of violence has overwhelmingly adopted variable-oriented methods and has approached violent interpersonal conduct as a unidimensional phenomenon (e.g., Black, Sussman, & Unger, 2010;Cui et al, 2010;Karakurt, Keiley, & Posada, 2013;Simons et al, 2012). One such approach involves focusing on a particular type of maltreatment and/or intimate partner violence in isolation (e.g., Gay, Harding, Jackson, Burns, & Baker, 2013;Lee, Reese-Weber, & Kahn, 2014;Rosen, Bartle-haring, & Stith, 2001).…”

Sensitivity Analysis of Multiple Informant Models When Data Are Not Missing at Random

“…Structural equation models estimated by full information maximum likelihood (FIML) are often applied in the analysis of multiple informant data when some data are missing (e.g., Cui, Durtschi, Donnellan, Lorenz, & Conger, 2010). Multivariate analysis using FIML allows a group to be included even if data are partially complete for the group.…”