@article{ref1,
title="Perpetration of severe intimate partner violence: premilitary and second year of service rates",
journal="Military medicine",
year="2005",
author="Merrill, Lex L. and Crouch, J. L. and Thomsen, Cynthia J. and Guimond, Jennifer and Milner, Joel S.",
volume="170",
number="8",
pages="705-709",
abstract="A longitudinal design was used to compare rates of severe intimate partner violence (SIPV) perpetration during the year before enlistment and the second year of service in a sample of 542 female and 421 male Navy personnel. Overall, 11% reported perpetration of SIPV during the year before service. Premilitary SIPV perpetration rates were significantly higher for women (20%) than for men (4%). After 2 years of service, the overall percentage reporting past-year perpetration of SIPV increased slightly (14%, compared with a premilitary rate of 11%). The patterns of changes in rates of SIPV perpetration varied for men and women. Across time, SIPV perpetration increased among men (from 4% to 16%) and decreased among women (from 20% to 12%). Respondents who were female, younger, and minority reported higher rates of premilitary SIPV perpetration. No demographic factors were associated with reports of SIPV perpetration during the second year.",
language="",
issn="0026-4075",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}