Risk Factors for Partner Violence Among a National Sample of Combat Veterans

In this study, the authors identified potential risk factors for partner violence perpetration among a subsample ( n = 109) of men who participated in a national study of Vietnam veterans. Partner violent (PV) men with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were compared with PV men without PTSD and n...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2005-02, Vol.73 (1), p.151-159
Main Authors: Taft, Casey T, Pless, Anica P, Stalans, Loretta J, Koenen, Karestan C, King, Lynda A, King, Daniel W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Child abuse
Combat Disorders - diagnosis
Combat Disorders - epidemiology
Combat Disorders - psychology
Couples
Domestic Violence
Family Characteristics
Family Violence
Female
Health Surveys
Human
Humans
Interpersonal Relationship
Intimate Partner Violence
Male
Males
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Military Veterans
National surveys
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Psychiatry
Psychological Patterns
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk
Risk Factors
Social behavior disorders. Criminal behavior. Delinquency
Spouse Abuse - prevention & control
Spouse Abuse - psychology
Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Statistics as Topic
Trauma
USA
Veterans
Veterans - psychology
Veterans - statistics & numerical data
Vietnam
Vietnam War
Violence
Violence - prevention & control
Violence - psychology
Violence - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:In this study, the authors identified potential risk factors for partner violence perpetration among a subsample ( n = 109) of men who participated in a national study of Vietnam veterans. Partner violent (PV) men with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were compared with PV men without PTSD and nonviolent men with PTSD on family-of-origin variables, psychiatric problems, relationship problems, and war-zone factors. PV men with PTSD were the highest of the 3 groups on every risk factor other than childhood abuse. Group contrasts and a classification tree analysis suggest some potential markers and mechanisms for the association between PTSD and partner violence among military veterans and highlight the need for theory development in this area of inquiry.
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.73.1.151