Co-Occurring Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: The Influence of Early Life Experiences of Abuse
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2022
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Violence Against Women
Abstract
Little is known about co-occurring intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and
child abuse within families in humanitarian settings. Baseline data from 203 couples in
eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were analyzed to assess associations between
childhood experiences of abuse with present co-occurring violence. Over half of
women (56.1%) and men (50.5%) reported co-occurring violence. Adjusted models
demonstrate experiencing physical abuse as a child was associated with greatest
odds of recent co-occurring violence while witnessing parental IPV had mixed influence. Programmatic approaches focused on reducing early childhood violence may
be promising to prevent both IPV and child abuse.
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International Resources, Congo, co-occurring violence, data, prevention, child maltreatment, family violence
Citation
Falb, K. L., Blackwell, A., Hategekimana, J. D. D., Sifat, M., Roth, D., & O’Connor, M. (2022). Co-occurring intimate partner violence and child abuse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: the influence of early life experiences of abuse. Violence against women, 10778012221145302.