The causal effect of childhood violence on experiences of intimate partner victimisation and perpetration in later adolescence and young adulthood: a cohort study in Uganda

The causal effect of childhood violence on experiences of intimate partner victimisation and perpetration in later adolescence and young adulthood: a cohort study in Uganda | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article The causal effect of childhood violence on experiences of intimate partner victimisation and perpetration in later adolescence and young adulthood: a cohort study in Uganda Daniel Carter, Amiya Bhatia, Elizabeth Allen, Louise Knight, Anja Zinke-Allmang, and 13 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4109338/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Eliminating violence against women and children are part of Sustainable Development Goals 4, 5 and 16. Using data from a prospective cohort of 3438 young people in Luwero, Uganda followed at a median age of 13 years, 17 years, and 21 years, we find that childhood violence from teachers, peers, and caregivers increases risk of subsequent intimate partner violence (IPV) victimisation in women and perpetration in men. Among women, risk of adult IPV victimisation is increased by experience of both severe childhood violence, as well as normative acts like corporal punishment. We use a causal mediation analysis to show that childhood violence has long-term impacts on young adulthood IPV victimisation that are not through pathways involving experiences of IPV in adolescence. Our results reinforce the importance of preventing childhood violence and suggest that addressing both normative and severe violence could lower women’s risk of intimate partner violence in early adulthood. Health sciences/Medical research/Epidemiology Scientific community and society/Social sciences Scientific community and society/Developing world violence violence against children child abuse adolescent health intimate partner violence causal inference Full Text Additional Declarations There is NO Competing Interest. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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