The intergenerational transmission of relationship violence. |
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Authors: | Kwong, Marilyn J. Bartholomew, Kim Henderson, Antonia J. Z. Trinke, Shanna J. |
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Abstract: | This study explored the intergenerational transmission of violence in a community sample. A telephone survey of 1,249 adults in the City of Vancouver assessed family-of-origin violence (father to mother, mother to father, father to self, and mother to self), as well as physical and psychological abuse in intimate relationships. All forms of family-of-origin violence were predictive of all forms of relationship abuse, consistent with a general social learning model of relationship violence. There was no evidence of gender-specific or role-specific patterns of transmission. For example, father-to-mother violence was not specifically predictive of men's perpetration and women's victimization in adult relationships. Nor was parent-to-self violence more predictive of victimization than perpetration. The methodological and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords: | intergenerational transmission relationship violence gender social learning models family of origin intimate relationships psychological abuse perpetration physical abuse victimization role |
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