RT Article
T1 Co-Occurring Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: The Influence of Early Life Experiences of Abuse
JF Violence against women
VO 30
IS 3/4
SP 873
OP 889
A1 Falb, Kathryn L.
A2 Blackwell, Alexandra
A2 Hategekimana, Jean de Dieu
A2 Sifat, Munjireen
A2 Roth, Danielle
A2 O’Connor, Meghan
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1880021722
AB Little is known about co-occurring intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and child abuse within families in humanitarian settings. Baseline data from 203 couples in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were analyzed to assess associations between childhood experiences of abuse with present co-occurring violence. Over half of women (56.1%) and men (50.5%) reported co-occurring violence. Adjusted models demonstrate experiencing physical abuse as a child was associated with greatest odds of recent co-occurring violence while witnessing parental IPV had mixed influence. Programmatic approaches focused on reducing early childhood violence may be promising to prevent both IPV and child abuse.
K1 Family Violence
K1 Violence against children
K1 Violence against women
K1 child maltreatment
K1 Domestic Violence
DO 10.1177/10778012221145302