TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Intimate partner violence in male survivors of child maltreatment: a meta-analysis JO - Trauma, violence, and abuse A1 - Godbout, Natacha A1 - Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier A1 - Bigras, Noémie A1 - Briere, John A1 - Hébert, Martine A1 - Runtz, Marsha A1 - Sabourin, Stephane SP - 99 EP - 113 VL - 20 IS - 1 N2 - Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health concern. Yet, despite an increasingly extensive literature on interpersonal violence, research on male victims of IPV remains sparse and the associations between different forms of child maltreatment (CM) and IPV victimization and perpetration in men remains unclear. The present meta-analysis evaluated five different forms of CM (sexual, physical, and psychological abuses, neglect, and witnessing IPV) as they predicted sexual, psychological, and physical IPV perpetration and victimization in men. Overall, most available studies examined men as perpetrators of IPV, whereas studies of victimization in men were relatively scarce.

RESULTS reveal an overall significant association (r =.19) between CM and IPV. The magnitude of this effect did not vary as a function of type (perpetration vs. victimization) or form (sexual, psychological, or physical) of IPV. Although all forms of CM were related to IPV, with effect sizes ranging from.05 (neglect and IPV victimization) to.26 (psychological abuse and IPV victimization), these associations varied in magnitude according to the type of CM.

FINDINGS suggest the importance of expanding research on CM and IPV to include a range of different kinds of abuse and neglect and to raise concerns about the experience of men as both victims and perpetrators of IPV.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1524-8380 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524838017692382 ID - ref1 ER -