Parental Predictors of Children’s Animal Abuse Findings From a National and Intergenerational Sample
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2014
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Abstract
This study examines the intra- and intergenerational links between intimate
partner violence (IPV) and animal abuse by analyzing a national, longitudinal,
and multigenerational sample of 1,614 individuals collected by the National
Youth Survey Family Study from 1990 to 2004. Using multilevel randomintercept
regression modeling, parents’ own history of animal abuse is
predictive of their later involvement in IPV perpetration and victimization,
net of important controls. In turn, parents’ IPV violent perpetration (but
not violent victimization) is predictive of their children’s history of animal
abuse—measured 14 years later. Intergenerational continuity of animal
abuse, however, is not significant. Implications of these findings are discussed,
as are the study’s limitations, and future research directions.
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animal abuse, substance abuse, interpersonal violence, intergenerational continuity
Citation
Knight, K. E., Ellis, C., & Simmons, S. B. (2014). Parental Predictors of Children’s Animal Abuse Findings From a National and Intergenerational Sample. Journal of interpersonal violence, 29(16), 3014-3034.