Batterer Psychological Profile--Preventing Partner Abuse

描述(改编自申请者的摘要)：主要目标是利用Holtzworth-Munroe&Stuart描述的心理特征，在一项基于人群的、关于伴侣暴力(PV)实施的横断面研究中识别施暴者的类型。将采用三种亚型：已描述的GVA、BD和RO。所有参与者将被问及他们的暴力行为和受害情况，以及他们的心理特征。这些数据将用于评估施暴者的亚型，并按施暴者亚型分组为(A)当前施暴者PV施暴者，以及(B)那些具有施暴者心理特征但未报告身体PV的人(标记为高危非施暴者)。后一组的识别将为新的击打类型的应用提供机会，这可能对预防研究具有重要意义。调查人员将在这一高危非犯罪者群体中探索PV的保护性因素(例如，没有药物滥用、高度融合或强烈的父母依恋)。 目的包括评估从德克萨斯州休斯敦一个大型社区学院系统中抽样的2000名学生中发生PV的亚型和高风险、不发生PV的流行率和风险因素。将使用基于理论模型的远端和近端风险因素的测量来指导心理施暴者亚型(个人、家庭和种族社区)对施暴者和高危非施暴者的相关性的评估。预计将有来自至少3个种族社区的足够数量的受试者：墨西哥裔美国人、非裔美国人和高加索人。PV类型和犯罪行为的点数估计和可信区间将按性别进行估计。采用多项Logistic回归方法，按影响程度对3种PV类型的危险因素(如儿童期虐待和亲眼目睹IPV、药物滥用、情感)进行评估。为了确定新的、高风险的、非犯罪者群体是否面临对伴侣使用武力的风险增加(AIM 3)，将进行一项短期(8个月)的队列研究，以前瞻性地估计那些在横断面访谈中没有报告性行为的人的PV风险。所有被评为高风险、心理特征与殴打亚型一致但没有进行PV的受访者都将被包括在内。同样数量的低风险(没有施暴者的心理特征和非施暴者)将被列为未暴露。COX比例风险模型将被用来根据心理特征来估计第一次使用体力的时间。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from applicant's abstract): The primary objective is to use psychological profiles described by Holtzworth-Munroe & Stuart to identify batterer typologies in a population-based, cross-sectional study of partner violence (PV) perpetration. Three subtypes will be employed: GVA, BD and RO have been described. All participants will be asked about their violence perpetration, and victimization, and their psychological profile. These data will be used to assess batterer subtypes and grouped as (a) current PV perpetrators by batterer subtype, and (b) those with the psychological profile of a batterer yet do not report physical PV (labeled high-risk non-perpetrators). Identification of this latter group will provide an opportunity for a novel application of batterer typologies that may have important implications for prevention research. The investigators will explore protective factors (e.g., no substance abuse, high integration, or strong parental attachment) for PV among this high-risk non-perpetrator group. Aims include estimation of the prevalence of, and risk factors for, both PV perpetration by batterer subtypes and high-risk, non-perpetration among 2000 students sampled from a large community college system in Houston, Texas. Measures of distal and proximal risk factors based on a theoretical model will be used to guide assessment of correlates of both perpetrator and high-risk, non-perpetrators by psychological batterer subtypes over 3 levels of influence (individual, family, and ethnic community). It is anticipated having sufficient numbers of subjects from at least 3 ethnic communities: Mexican-American, African-American, and Caucasian. Point estimates and confidence intervals for PV typologies and perpetration will be estimated by gender. Multinomial logistic regression will be used to assess risk factors (e.g. childhood abuse and witnessing IPV, substance abuse, affect) for the 3 PV typologies by level of influence. To determine whether the novel, high-risk, non-perpetrator group is at increased risk of using force against a partner (AIM 3), a short-term (8-month) cohort study will be conducted to prospectively estimate PV risk among those not reporting perpetration in the cross-sectional interview by psychological profile. All respondents scoring as high-risk, having the psychological profile consistent with a battering subtype yet not perpetrating PV will be included. A similar number of low-risk (no batterer psychological profile and non-perpetrators) will be included as unexposed. Cox proportional hazards modeling will be used to estimate time to first use of physical force by psychological profile.