@article{d12468610eb1456b86615886f28cd6e8,
title = "Overlap of Relationship Distress and Intimate Partner Violence in Community Samples",
abstract = "Mixed-gender couples presenting for couple therapy are at 2–3 times higher risk for physical intimate partner violence (IPV) than community couples. However, it is unclear if this elevation of relative risk is the same in the general population because relationship distress and treatment-seeking are often confounded. We used archival data from three representative U.S. civilian samples and one representative U.S. Air Force sample to test the hypothesis that clinically significant relationship distress is associated with increased risk of various forms of IPV. In these community samples, those in mixed-gender distressed relationships were at 2–3 times higher risk than those in nondistressed relationships for any physical IPV during the past year and at 3–6 times higher risk for clinically significant psychological and physical IPV during the past year. Given that the increase in IPV risk is similar for individuals in distressed community relationships and therapy-seeking relationships, the prior findings of the elevated rates of IPV in clinical samples are unlikely to be due to therapy-seeking.",
keywords = "clinically significant intimate partner violence, physical intimate partner violence, psychological intimate partner violence, relationship distress, relationship satisfaction",
author = "Heyman, {Richard E.} and Lorber, {Michael F.} and Sangwon Kim and Wojda-Burlij, {Alexandra K.} and Stanley, {Scott M.} and Ana Ivic and Snyder, {Douglas K.} and Rhoades, {Galena K.} and Whisman, {Mark A.} and Beach, {Steven R.H.}",
note = "Funding Information: Heyman and Lorber{\textquoteright}s efforts were supported by the National Institutes of Health Science of Behavior Change Common Fund Program and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research through an award administered by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (1UH2DE025980-01) awarded to Richard E. Heyman. The Relationship Development Study at the University of Denver, directed by Scott M. Stanley and Galena K. Rhoades, was funded by Grant R01HD047564 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded to Galena K. Rhoades. This research uses data from Add Health, a program project directed by Kathleen Mullan Harris and designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and funded by Grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Information on how to obtain the Add Health data files is available on the Add Health website (http://www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth). No direct support was received from Grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 American Psychological Association",
year = "2022",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1037/fam0001031",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "37",
pages = "37--44",
journal = "Journal of Family Psychology",
issn = "0893-3200",
publisher = "American Psychological Association Inc.",
number = "1",
}