Rates and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence Among Service Members and Veterans.

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Interpersonal Violence Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI:10.1177/08862605251370402

Elizabeth C Coppola,Travis N Ray,Mark Relyea,Valerie A Stander,Cynthia Brandt,Galina A Portnoy

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Abstract

Those who have served in the military are at heightened risk for intimate partner violence (IPV), defined as threatened or actual physical, sexual, or psychological abuse from a current or former romantic partner, relative to the general population. However, no known efforts have compared patterns of IPV use (i.e., perpetration) and IPV experience (i.e., victimization) disaggregated by current military affiliation (i.e., service member or veteran), nor have they compared patterns of unidirectional IPV (either IPV use or experience only) versus bidirectional IPV (i.e., concurrent IPV use and IPV experience) by military affiliation. Using dyadic data from United States service members, veterans, and their spouses who participated in the Millennium Cohort Family Study-the only Department of Defense-wide longitudinal study on military families-we compared rates and frequencies of IPV use, IPV experience, and IPV patterns between service members (n = 2,301) and veterans (n = 1,877). An estimated 37.6% of service members and 47.9% of veterans had any IPV experience; 36.4% of service members and 50.8% of veterans had any IPV use. Veterans had higher rates of IPV experience (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.43; 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.10, 1.85]) and IPV use (aOR: 1.67; 95% CI [1.29, 2.18]). After adjusting for bidirectionality, veterans had higher rates of bidirectional IPV (aOR: 1.62; 95% CI [1.22, 2.15]) and IPV use (aOR: 2.19; 95% CI [1.29, 3.27]), but not IPV experience. Veterans had an increase in the expected frequency of IPV experience by 47% (adjusted incidence rate ratios [IRR] = 1.47; 95% CI [1.19, 1.81]) and IPV use by 65% (IRR = 1.65, 95% CI [1.35, 2.00]), relative to service members. These findings underscore the value of investment in IPV prevention and treatment upon separation from military service, and the need for targeted programming and resources to address bidirectional IPV among both partners in a dyad.

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服役人员和退伍军人中亲密伴侣暴力的比率和模式。

与一般人群相比，那些曾在军队服役的人遭受亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的风险更高。亲密伴侣暴力的定义是来自现任或前任浪漫伴侣的威胁或实际的身体、性或心理虐待。然而，目前还没有研究将IPV使用模式（即犯罪）和IPV经历模式（即受害）按当前的军事隶属关系（即服役人员或退伍军人）进行比较，也没有比较单向IPV（仅使用IPV或经验）和双向IPV（即同时使用IPV和IPV经验）的模式。我们利用千禧年队列家庭研究中美国军人、退伍军人及其配偶的双元数据——这是国防部唯一一项关于军人家庭的纵向研究——比较了军人（2301人）和退伍军人（1877人）之间IPV使用的比率和频率、IPV经历和IPV模式。据估计，37.6%的现役军人和47.9%的退伍军人有过IPV经历；36.4%的现役军人和50.8%的退伍军人使用过IPV。退伍军人有较高的IPV经历率（调整优势比[aOR]: 1.43； 95%可信区间[CI][1.10, 1.85]）和IPV使用率（aOR: 1.67; 95% CI[1.29, 2.18]）。调整双向性后，退伍军人有更高的双向IPV发生率（aOR: 1.62; 95% CI[1.22, 2.15]）和IPV使用（aOR: 2.19; 95% CI[1.29, 3.27]），但IPV经历不高。与服役人员相比，退伍军人预期IPV使用频率增加了47%（调整后的发病率比[IRR] = 1.47; 95% CI [1.19, 1.81]）， IPV使用频率增加了65% （IRR = 1.65, 95% CI[1.35, 2.00]）。这些研究结果强调了在脱离军队后对IPV预防和治疗进行投资的价值，以及需要有针对性的规划和资源来解决双方的双向IPV问题。

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Journal of Interpersonal Violence Multiple-

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6.20

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12.00%

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375

期刊介绍： The Journal of Interpersonal Violence is devoted to the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence. It provides a forum of discussion of the concerns and activities of professionals and researchers working in domestic violence, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical child abuse, and violent crime. With its dual focus on victims and victimizers, the journal will publish material that addresses the causes, effects, treatment, and prevention of all types of violence. JIV only publishes reports on individual studies in which the scientific method is applied to the study of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Research may use qualitative or quantitative methods. JIV does not publish reviews of research, individual case studies, or the conceptual analysis of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Outcome data for program or intervention evaluations must include a comparison or control group.