RT Article
T1 Relationship Functioning Buffers the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Intimate Partner Violence Among Latino Sexual Minority Male Couples
JF Journal of family violence
VO 39
IS 7
SP 1269
OP 1278
A1 Robles Valle, Gabriel Roberto
A2 Reynolds, Addam
A2 Cardenas, Iris
A2 Starks, Tyrel J.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/190581206X
AB PurposeWhile associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and intimate partner violence (IPV) have been well-documented, few studies have identified relationship factors that buffer this association. Even fewer studies have examined these relationships among Latino sexual minority men (SMM). To address this gap, we tested a model in which relationship functioning moderated this association in a sample of Latino SMM couples.MethodsData were collected from 95 couples (190 participants) using a sequential index-partner recruitment design. Actor-Partner Interdependence Models were calculated using generalized estimating equations (GEE).ResultsAmong men whose partners scored low on the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale, those who reported 1 or more ACEs reported more forms of IPV victimization. In contrast, the association between the actor effect of ACEs and IPV victimization was not significant among those whose partners scored high on the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. In a symmetrical pattern, among men who scored low on the Dyadic Adjustment Scale those whose partners reported 1 or more ACEs reported more forms of IPV victimization; however, at high levels of self-reported relationship functioning, partner reported ACEs were relatively associated with fewer reported forms of IPV victimization.ConclusionsThese results are consistent with the premise that relationship functioning may serve as one source of resilience, attenuating the association between ACEs and IPV victimization among a sample of coupled Latino SMM. We interpret these findings within the larger IPV literature and provide suggestions for IPV prevention program development, with a particular emphasis on reaching Latino SMM.
K1 Relationship functioning
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 adverse childhood experiences
K1 Latino sexual minority men
DO 10.1007/s10896-023-00618-3