@article{ref1,
title="Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters and perpetration of intimate partner violence: findings from a U.S. nationally representative sample",
journal="Journal of Traumatic Stress",
year="2015",
author="Smith, Kathryn Z. and Smith, Philip H. and Violanti, John M. and Bartone, Paul T. and Homish, Gregory G.",
volume="28",
number="5",
pages="469-474",
abstract="Associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) have not been extensively studied in nonveteran samples. Secondary analysis was conducted using a nationally representative U.S. sample and limited to those who reported being in a relationship in the past year (N = 25,652). This sample was mostly White (72.0%), the majority had completed high school/ general educational development (GED; 87.8%), about half were female (49.2%), and the mean age was 46.44 years (SD = 15.92). We hypothesized that a diagnosis of PTSD in the past year would be associated with greater perpetration of IPV and that the arousal/reactivity and intrusion symptom clusters would evidence the strongest associations with IPV. Consistent with expectations, a PTSD diagnosis in the past year was associated with greater perpetration of IPV, OR = 2.07, 95% CI [1.89, 2.26]. Among those with a PTSD diagnosis in the past year (n = 1,742), arousal/reactivity symptom cluster scores were associated with greater perpetration of IPV for both men and women, AOR = 1.27, 95% CI [1.11, 1.44]; intrusion symptom cluster scores were associated with perpetration of IPV for men only, AOR = 1.56, 95% CI [1.20, 2.04]; whereas negative cognitions/mood symptom cluster scores were only significant among women, AOR = 1.12, 95% CI [1.01, 1.24]. <br><br>RESULTS suggested that theoretical and empirical work linking PTSD and perpetration of IPV in military samples extends to the general population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9867",
doi="10.1002/jts.22048",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22048"
}