Citation

Kwong MJ, Bartholomew K, Henderson AJ, Trinke SJ. J. Fam. Psychol. 2003; 17(3): 288-301.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6. mjkwong@sfu.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/0893-3200.17.3.288

PMID

14562454

Abstract

This study explored the intergenerational transmission of violence in a community sample. A telephone survey of 1,249 adults in the City of Vancouver assessed family-of-origin violence (father to mother, mother to father, father to self, and mother to self), as well as physical and psychological abuse in intimate relationships. All forms of family-of-origin violence were predictive of all forms of relationship abuse, consistent with a general social learning model of relationship violence. There was no evidence of gender-specific or role-specific patterns of transmission. For example, father-to-mother violence was not specifically predictive of men's perpetration and women's victimization in adult relationships. Nor was parent-to-self violence more predictive of victimization than perpetration. The methodological and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.

Language: en