Previous experience of family violence and intimate partner violence in pregnancy

Abstract

OBJECTIVE To estimate differential associations between the exposure to violence in the family of origin and victimization and perpetration of intimate partner violence in pregnancy.METHODS A nested case-control study was carried out within a cohort study with 1,120 pregnant women aged 18–49 years old, who were registered in the Family Health Strategy of the city of Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil, between 2005 and 2006. The cases were the 233 women who reported intimate partner violence in pregnancy and the controls were the 499 women who did not report it. Partner violence in pregnancy and previous experiences of violence committed by parents or other family members were assessed with a standardized questionnaire. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were modeled to identify differential associations between the exposure to violence in the family of origin and victimization and perpetration of intimate partner violence in pregnancy.RESULTS Having seen the mother suffer intimate partner violence was associated with physical violence in childhood (OR = 2.62; 95%CI 1.89–3.63) and in adolescence (OR = 1.47; 95%CI 1.01–2.13), sexual violence in childhood (OR = 3.28; 95%CI 1.68–6.38) and intimate partner violence during pregnancy (OR = 1.47; 95% CI 1.01 – 2.12). The intimate partner violence during pregnancy was frequent in women who reported more episodes of physical violence in childhood (OR = 2.08; 95%CI 1.43–3.02) and adolescence (OR = 1.63; 95%CI 1.07–2.47), who suffered sexual violence in childhood (OR = 3.92; 95%CI 1.86–8.27), and who perpetrated violence against the partner (OR = 8.67; 95%CI 4.57–16.45).CONCLUSIONS Experiences of violence committed by parents or other family members emerge as strong risk factors for intimate partner violence in pregnancy. Identifying and understanding protective and risk factors for the emergence of intimate partner violence in pregnancy and its maintenance may help policymakers and health service managers to develop intervention strategies.

Intimate partner violence among pregnant women attending antenatal care services in the rural Gambia

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Physical Conflict During Pregnancy: A Socioecological, Cross-Cultural Examination of Risk and Protective Factors for New Zealand Women

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Exposição à violência conjugal na infância e perpetuação transgeracional da violência

“…Cabe ressaltar que dos artigos que utilizaram como participantes pessoas em relacionamento afetivo, apenas um estudo considerou em sua amostra os casais, bem como os filhos (Arbel et al, 2016). Já em outros seis estudos foram considerados como participantes de pesquisa apenas mulheres, vítimas ou não de violência conjugal (Alexander, 2009;Eriksson & Mazerolle, 2015;Jaoko, 2010;Kerley et al, 2010;Ludermir et al, 2017;Rivas et al, 2018). Em sete estudos, apenas as respostas dos homens foram consideradas, tratando-se de companheiros agressores (Edwards et al, 2014;Elmquist et al, 2016;Eriksson & Mazerolle, 2015;Mancera et al, 2018;Padovani & Williams, 2011;Teva et al, 2020;Wareham et al, 2009).…”