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Pre-marital predictors of marital violence in the WHO World mental health (WMH) surveys

Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health problem. Existing research has focused on reports from victims and few studies have considered pre-marital factors. The main objective of this study was to identify pre-marital predictors of IPV in the current marriage using inform...

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720 |a Stokes, C. M.  |e author 
720 |a Alonso, J.  |e author 
720 |a Andrade, L. H.  |e author 
720 |a Atwoli, L.  |e author 
720 |a Cardoso, G.  |e author 
720 |a Chiu, W. T.  |e author 
720 |a Dinolova, R. V.  |e author 
720 |a Gureje, O.  |e author 
720 |a Karam, A. M.  |e author 
720 |a Karam, G.  |e author 
720 |a Kessler, R. C.  |e author 
720 |a Chatterji, S.  |e author 
720 |a King, A.  |e author 
720 |a Lee, S.  |e author 
720 |a Mneimneh, Z.  |e author 
720 |a Oladeji, B. D.  |e author 
720 |a Petukhova, M.  |e author 
720 |a Rapsey, C.  |e author 
720 |a Sampson, N. A.  |e author 
720 |a Scott, K.  |e author 
720 |a Street, A.  |e author 
720 |a Viana, M. C.  |e author 
720 |a Williams, M. A.  |e author 
720 |a Bossarte, R. M.  |e author 
260 |c 2019 
520 |a Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health problem. Existing research has focused on reports from victims and few studies have considered pre-marital factors. The main objective of this study was to identify pre-marital predictors of IPV in the current marriage using information obtained from husbands and wives. Methods Data from were obtained from married heterosexual couples in six countries. Potential predictors included demographic and relationship characteristics, adverse childhood experiences, dating violence, and psychiatric disorders. Reports of IPV and other characteristics from husbands and wives were considered independently and in relation to spousal reports. Results Overall, 14.4% of women were victims of IPV in the current marriage. Analyses identified ten significant variables including age at first marriage (husband), education, relative number of previous marriages (wife), history of one or more categories of childhood adversity (husband or wife), history of dating violence (husband or wife), early initiation of sexual intercourse (husband or wife), and four combinations of internalizing and externalizing disorders. The final model was moderately predictive of marital violence, with the 5% of women accounting for 18.6% of all cases of marital IPV. Conclusions Results from this study advance understanding of pre-marital predictors of IPV within current marriages, including the importance of considering differences in the experiences of partners prior to marriage and may provide a foundation for more targeted primary prevention efforts. 
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024 8 |a Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 55(3), pp. 393-405 
024 8 |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13592 
653 |a Intimate partner violence 
653 |a Predictive modeling 
653 |a Epidemiology 
653 |a International 
653 |a Mental health 
245 0 0 |a Pre-marital predictors of marital violence in the WHO World mental health (WMH) surveys