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Intimate partner violence in male survivors of child maltreatment: A meta-analysis

Godbout, Natacha, Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier, Bigras, Noémie, Briere, John, Hébert, Martine, Runtz, Marsha, Sabourin, Stéphane·2019·Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
DOI 10.1177/1524838017692382
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health concern. Yet, despite an increasingly extensive literature on interpersonal violence, research on male victims of IPV remains sparse and the associations between different forms of child maltreatment (CM) and IPV victimization and perpetration in men remains unclear. The present meta-analysis evaluated five different forms of CM (sexual, physical, and psychological abuses, neglect, and witnessing IPV) as they predicted sexual, psychological, and physical IPV perpetration and victimization in men. Overall, most available studies examined men as perpetrators of IPV, whereas studies of victimization in men were relatively scarce. Results reveal an overall significant association ( r = .19) between CM and IPV. The magnitude of this effect did not vary as a function of type (perpetration vs. victimization) or form (sexual, psychological, or physical) of IPV. Although all forms of CM were related to IPV, with effect sizes ranging from .05 (neglect and IPV victimization) to .26 (psychological abuse and IPV victimization), these associations varied in magnitude according to the type of CM. Findings suggest the importance of expanding research on CM and IPV to include a range of different kinds of abuse and neglect and to raise concerns about the experience of men as both victims and perpetrators of IPV.

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  • All forms of childhood maltreatment are associated with victims' difficulties in several aspects of romantic relationships.

    “Accumulating evidence suggests that all forms of CM are associated with victims’ difficulties in several aspects of romantic relationships including intimacy disturbance (DiLillo et al., 2009; Vaillancourt-Morel et al., 2019), intimate partner violence (IPV; Godbout et al., 2019), sexual difficulties and dissatisfaction (Vaillancourt-Morel et al., 2021), relationship dissatisfaction, and DissolUti”

    From Partner Effects of Childhood Maltreatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024) · cites this paper as Godbout et al., 2019

  • Past meta-analyses have shown that a person's CM is significantly related to their own higher perpetration and victimization of IPV with an effect of a small magnitude (r = .19; Godbout et al., 2019; r = .18; Li et al., 2019; r = .21; Smith-Marek et al., 2015).

    “As past meta-analyses have shown that a person’s CM is significantly related to their own higher perpetration and victimization of IPV with an effect of a small magnitude (r = .19; Godbout et al., 2019; r = .18; Li et al., 2019; r = .21; Smith-Marek et al., 2015), most partners might be both perpetrators and victims.”

    From Partner Effects of Childhood Maltreatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024) · cites this paper as Godbout et al., 2019

  • Childhood trauma is correlated with IPV among men.

    “is also correlated with IPV among men (Godbout et al., 2019).”

    From Feasibility and acceptability of mindful recovery opioid use care continuum (M-ROCC): A concurrent mixed methods study (2021) · cites this paper as Godbout et al., 2019

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Authors
Godbout, N., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Bigras, N., Briere, J., Hébert, M., Runtz, M., & Sabourin, S.
Affiliations
  • Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
  • École de psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
  • University of Southern California (US)
  • University of Victoria (CA)
  • Université Laval (CA)
Corresponding author
Godbout, Natacha
ORCID
Venue
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2017-02-19
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
99-113
ISSN
  • 1524-8380 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-8324
DOI
10.1177/1524838017692382
OpenAlex
W2591191200
Cited by
111
References
125
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5
FWCI
1.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Trauma Violence & Abuse (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Elder Abuse and Neglect
Keywords
intimate partner violence, child abuse, male victims of intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, child psychological abuse, child neglect, IPV perpetration, IPV victimization
MeSH terms
Intimate Partner Violence, Exposure to Violence, Adult, Child, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Crime Victims, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse

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