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VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS
Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 573-590Publisher
SPRINGER PUBLISHING CO
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-15-00056
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intimate partner violence; dating violence; victim-offender overlap; child physical abuse; child sexual abuse; cycle of violence
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Using a cycle of violence framework, we investigated experiences with physical intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, perpetration, and both IPV victimization and perpetration (IPV overlap). Data included the U.S. subsample of college students in the International Dating Violence Study (n = 4,162). Findings indicated that 40% of participants reported lifetime IPV, with 28% reporting membership in the overlap group. Cycle of violence variables including child sexual abuse, witnessing violence inside the home during childhood, and witnessing violence outside the home during childhood were uniquely related to membership in the overlap group. No relationship between cycle of violence variables and IPV victimization only or IPV perpetration only was identified. Results suggested the cycle of violence might predominantly operate among individuals who are both IPV victims and offenders, rather than among individuals experiencing IPV victimization or perpetrate IPV exclusively.
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