Citation

Whitton SW, Swann G, Newcomb ME. Violence Vict. 2024; 39(3): 277-294.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, Springer Publishing)

DOI

10.1891/VV-2022-0125

PMID

39107073

Abstract

Sexual and gender minority youth assigned female at birth (SGM-AFAB) are at disproportionately high risk for intimate partner violence victimization (IPVV), yet remain understudied. Using two time points of data collected from 367 SGM-AFAB young people (aged 16-31 years), we tested whether common, general population risk factors (childhood violence, depression, alcohol and cannabis use, and low social support) and unique stigma-related factors (enacted stigma, microaggressions, and internalized stigma) prospectively predicted psychological, physical, sexual, and identity abuse IPVV in the following 6 months.

RESULTS indicated that some traditional risk factors, including child abuse, depression, cannabis use, and low social support, raise IPVV risk among SGM-AFAB youth. Microaggressions and internalized stigma represent additional, unique IPVV risk factors in this population. SGM-affirmative efforts to prevent IPVV should address these common and SGM-specific risk factors.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Risk Factors; Adult; Female; Male; Adolescent; intimate partner violence; Young Adult; Social Stigma; Social Support; longitudinal; LGBT; *Crime Victims/psychology; *Intimate Partner Violence/psychology; *Sexual and Gender Minorities/psychology; minority stress; sexual and gender minorities