Citation

Ibabe I, Arnoso A, Elgorriaga E. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020; 17(5): e1514.

Affiliation

Department of Social Psychology and Behavior Sciences Methodology, University College of Psychology. University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avda. Tolosa 70, 20018-Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/ijerph17051514

PMID

32111051

Abstract

The exposure of adult children to inter-parental violence is an indirect form of victimization which has not been widely investigated in relation to its consequences in adulthood. The main goal of this study was to analyze predictors of dating violence based on an integrated model of intergenerational transmission of violence with the assessment of potential indirect effects of inter-parental violence exposure on dating violence through child-to-parent violence and sexism. A total of 847 college students participated in this study, ranging from 18 to 25 years of age. Inter-parental violence exposure plays a relevant role in dating violence, with indirect effects through child-to-parent violence and sexism. These results support social learning theory in explaining the intergenerational transmission of violence and indicate that further attention should be paid to children exposed to inter-parental violence. Intervention models to prevent the perpetration of dating violence should include the prevention of inter-parental violence exposure and child-to-parent violence.

Language: en

Keywords

child-to-parent violence; dating violence; family violence; inter-parental violence; sexism