Citation

Sutton TE, Gordon Simons L, Martin BT, Klopack ET, Gibbons FX, Beach SRH, Simons RL. Violence Against Women 2019; ePub(ePub): 1077801219830245.

Affiliation

University of Georgia, Athens, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801219830245

PMID

30822237

Abstract

Although researchers have explored negative individual consequences of racial discrimination, very little work has examined the connection between discrimination and intimate partner violence (IPV) among African American men. Existing work tends to be cross-sectional and does not specify mediators or moderators that might explain this link. Thus, in the current study, we use longitudinal, prospective data from 200 young men to examine potential mediators and moderators of this association.

RESULTS demonstrated that anger and hostile attribution bias mediate the association between racial discrimination and IPV perpetration. Both corporal punishment and authoritative parenting acted as moderators, but the patterns of influence differed.

Language: en

Keywords

African American; intimate partner violence; parenting; perpetration; racial discrimination