Citation

Willie TC, Powell A, Lewis J, Callands T, Kershaw T. Violence Vict. 2017; 32(3): 545-564.

Affiliation

School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Springer Publishing)

DOI

10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-16-00015

PMID

28516847

Abstract

The purpose of our study was (a) to use latent class analyses to identify subgroups of interpersonal polyvictimizationand polyperpetration among young pregnant couples and (b) examine actor-partner effects of latent classes on current intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. Data were collected from 296 pregnant young couples recruited at obstetrics and gynecology clinics. A 3-latent class model emerged for women: Polyvictim-Polyperpetrator, Nonvictim-Nonperpetrator, and Community and Prior IPV Victim. A 4-latent class model emerged for men: Community and Prior IPV Victim, Polyvictim-Nonpartner Perpetrator, Prior IPV and Peer Victim, and Nonvictim-Nonperpetrator. Using the actor-partner independence model, actor effects of the women's Polyvictim-Polyperpetrator class and men's Polyvictim-Nonpartner Perpetrator class related to greater odds of IPV victimization compared to women and men in the Nonvictim-Nonperpetrator classes.

Language: en