Citation

Kaufman-Parks AM, DeMaris A, Giordano PC, Manning WD, Longmore MA. J. Fam. Violence 2018; 33(1): 27-41.

Affiliation

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-017-9924-5

PMID

30581250

PMCID

PMC6300160

Abstract

Prior empirical research on intimate partner violence (IPV) in adolescence and young adulthood often focuses on exposure to violence in the family-of-origin using retrospective and cross-sectional data. Yet individuals' families matter beyond simply the presence or absence of abuse, and these effects may vary across time. To address these issues, the present study employed five waves of longitudinal data from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS) to investigate the trajectory of IPV from adolescence to young adulthood (N = 950 respondents, 4,750 person-periods) with a specific focus on how familial factors continue to matter across the life course.

RESULTS indicated that family-of-origin violence and parent-child relationship quality were independent predictors of IPV. The effect of parent-child relationship quality on IPV also became greater as individuals aged. These results have implications for policies targeted at reducing IPV.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescence; Emerging adulthood; Intimate partner violence; Longitudinal; Parent-child physical aggression; Parent-child relationship quality