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The Impact of Child Abuse History, PTSD Symptoms, and Anger Arousal on Dating Violence Perpetration Among College Women

Abstract  

Preliminary research suggests that child abuse is indirectly associated with female-perpetrated intimate partner violence
via posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and anger. To date, however, no known studies have investigated these relationships
for physical and psychological dating violence within a female college sample. Therefore, the purpose of the current study
was to examine the impact of child abuse history, PTSD symptoms, and anger arousal on female-perpetrated physical and psychological
dating violence. Female undergraduates (N = 496) completed measures of child abuse, PTSD symptoms, anger arousal, and dating violence perpetration as part of a larger
trauma and violence study. Results indicated that child abuse directly predicted female-perpetrated physical and psychological
dating violence and indirectly impacted female-perpetrated physical and psychological dating violence via PTSD symptoms and
anger arousal. The direct relationships between PTSD symptoms and female-perpetrated physical and psychological dating violence
were nonsignificant after controlling for the effect of anger arousal.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category ORIGINAL ARTICLE
  • Pages 1-11
  • DOI 10.1007/s10896-012-9415-7
  • Authors
    • Rachel Kendra, Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
    • Kathryn M. Bell, Department of Psychology, Capital University, Columbus, OH 43209, USA
    • Jennifer M. Guimond, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • Journal Journal of Family Violence
    • Online ISSN 1573-2851
    • Print ISSN 0885-7482
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 03/02/2012 | Link to this post on IFP |
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