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. 2019 May;9(3):278-287.
doi: 10.1037/vio0000118. Epub 2017 Apr 27.

Investigating Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Reproductive Coercion Victimization among Young Pregnant and Parenting Couples: a longitudinal study

Tiara C Willie  1   2 , Adeya Powell  2 , Tamora Callands  3 , Heather Sipsma  4 , Courtney Peasant  2 , Urania Magriples  5 , Kamila Alexander  6 , Trace Kershaw  1   2
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Investigating Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Reproductive Coercion Victimization among Young Pregnant and Parenting Couples: a longitudinal study

Tiara C Willie et al. Psychol Violence. 2019 May.

Abstract

Objective: Intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and reproductive coercion place young women at risk for poor health. However, very few studies have examined the associations between IPV victimization and reproductive coercion among young couples nor investigated these associations longitudinally.

Method: Data were collected during 2007-2011 from 296 pregnant adolescent and young couples enrolled in a prospective study. Couples were recruited at obstetrics and gynecology, and ultrasound clinics.

Results: Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, results indicate significant actor and partner effects for IPV victimization and reproductive coercion victimization. Actor's prebirth IPV victimization, and actor's and partner's reproductive coercion victimization in a past relationship related to reproductive coercion victimization in the current pregnancy. Partner's reproductive coercion victimization in the current pregnancy related to psychological IPV victimization at the six-month follow-up, but this relationship dissipated at the twelve-month follow-up.

Conclusions: A complex, co-occurring relationship exists between IPV victimization and reproductive coercion among young pregnant and parenting couples. Young couples transitioning from pregnancy to parenthood who experience reproductive coercion may be at risk for IPV. Pregnancy and parenting programs targeting young couples should be sensitive to the relationship between IPV and reproductive coercion victimization.

Keywords: Actor-Partner Interdependence Model; Adolescents; Domestic Violence; Intimate Partner Violence Victimization; Reproductive Coercion.

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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: The authors declare no conflicts of interest

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