Document Type
Article
Version
Author's Final Manuscript
Publication Title
Violence and Victims
Volume
27
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
Research linking childhood physical abuse (CPA) and adult intimate partner aggression (IPA) has focused on individuals without sufficient attention to couple processes. In this study, 109 couples reported on histories of CPA, IPA, and anger expression. Actor-Partner Interdependence Modeling was used to examine links between CPA and revictimization and perpetration of IPA, with anger suppression as a potential mediator. Women’s CPA histories were associated with more physical aggression towards and more revictimization by partners. Men’s CPA histories were only associated at the trend level with their revictimization. Anger suppression fully mediated the link between women’s CPA and both revictimization and perpetration of IPA. Findings suggest that women with CPA histories are more prone to suppress anger, which leaves them at greater risk for revictimization and perpetration of IPA.
Publisher's Statement
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.27.3.315
Citation
Maneta, E.K., Cohen, S., Schulz, M.S., & Waldinger, R.J. (2012). Links between childhood physical abuse and intimate partner aggression: The mediating role of anger expression. Violence and Victims 27, 315- 328.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.27.3.315