The Intergenerational Transmission of Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence

Abstract

To explore the association between women's self-reports of having witnessed intimate partner violence (IPV) as a child and their children witnessing IPV. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Data were collected by telephone survey from December 2003 to August 2005.

The Roles of Family Factors and Relationship Dynamics on Dating Violence Victimization and Perpetration Among College Men and Women in Emerging Adulthood

“…Overall, we found that experience of childhood neglect and having witnessed domestic violence were highly predictive of victimization in dating. These findings are supportive of growing evidence stressing the detrimental effect of childhood maltreatment in perpetuating an intergenerational cycle of violence (e.g., Cannon et al, 2009; Eriksson & Mazerolle, 2015). Although the risks may vary considerably, childhood neglect has been linked to several adverse outcomes correlated with dating victimization: insecure attachment style (Bifulco et al, 2006), poor mental health (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder, depression) (Nikulina, Widom, & Czaja, 2011), and substance abuse disorders (Hughes, McCabe, Wilsnack, West, & Boyd, 2010).…”

Does exposure to interparental violence increase women’s risk of intimate partner violence? Evidence from Nigeria demographic and health survey

“…The study found that EIPV increase women’s risk of intimate partner violence in Nigeria. The study thus gave credence to the possibility of intergenerational transmission of violence in line with the assertion of the theory of intergenerational transmission of violence and consistent with studies across the world that have provided empirical support for the theory [ 55 – 60 ]. The pathway through which violence becomes transmitted from generation to generation is well captured by the social learning theory [ 51 ].…”

Cycles of violence in England and Wales: the contribution of childhood abuse to risk of violence revictimisation in adulthood

“…Using data from a nationally representative sample of adults resident in England and Wales, findings from the study demonstrated strong associations between childhood abuse and three types of violence revictimisation in adulthood: past year physical assault (PA), and intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence victimisation (SV) since age 16 years. Consistent with early approaches in the field of child abuse research [15][16][17][18], examining types of abuse individually in the current study demonstrated that all types were significantly associated with each adult violence outcome, after controlling for sociodemographics. Crucially, and consistent with more recent research [19], our findings also showed correlation and co-occurrence of abuse types, providing further evidence that multiple types of abuse should be considered together in both research and practice.…”

“…Information about the demographic characteristics of individuals included in the current study is provided in Additional file 1: Table A2. 18.6% (n = 4058) of adults aged 16-59 years reported at least one form of childhood abuse, with 10.6% (n = 2316) reporting a single type of child abuse and 8.0% (n = 1742) two or more types. Sample prevalence rates of individual types of childhood abuse are presented in Table 1.…”