Journal
JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
Volume 36, Issue 5-6, Pages 2841-2861Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0886260518764103
Keywords
childhood maltreatment; posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); severe intrafamilial physical violence; mediating analysis; structural equation model
Funding
- China Medical Board [01-749]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30670753]
- Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20150080]
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This study aimed to compare traumatic experiences among perpetrators with or without violent pedigree and establish a structural model of PTSD symptoms as mediators of traumatic experiences and severe intrafamilial physical violence among Chinese male perpetrators. The findings suggest that PTSD symptoms cluster as a mediator of the intergenerational transmission of severe physical violence perpetration in Chinese abusive men. Childhood witness IPV has an effect on the adulthood perpetration of IPV.
We aimed to compare traumatic experiences among the groups of perpetrators with or without violent pedigree, and establish a structural model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms as mediators of traumatic experiences and severe intrafamilial physical violence among Chinese male perpetrators. A cross-sectional survey and a face-to-face interview were conducted to examine intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration and violent pedigree, childhood maltreatment, other traumatic events, PTSD symptoms, and severe intrafamilial physical violence in a community sample of 229 abusive men and 303 controlled men in China. Using structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques, the scores of the questionnaires were entered into the theoretical model and calculated. Findings demonstrated that the numbers of the traumatic events in four groups were significantly different with a declining trend, and the SEM data had an adequate fit. The loadings of pathways from childhood witness domestic violence (DV) to severe physical violence (SPV) were more salience than other pathways, and the indirect effect of every pathway, except for the childhood witness DV to PTSD symptoms, on severe intrafamilial physical violence in the model was significant. The results suggest that PTSD symptoms cluster as mediator of the intergenerational transmission of SPV perpetration in Chinese abusive men. Childhood witness IPV has effects on adulthood perpetration of IPV.
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