Relationship between intimate partner violence and infant abuse using structural equation modeling: A prospective cohort study

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25293458
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: St. Luke's International University
• Principal Investigator: KATAOKA Yaeko 聖路加国際大学, 大学院看護学研究科, 教授 (70297068)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 江藤 宏美 長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(保健学科), 教授 (10213555) ; 堀内 成子 聖路加国際大学, 大学院看護学研究科, 教授 (70157056)
• Research Collaborator: BABA Kaori
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ドメスティック・バイオレンス / ウィメンズヘルス / コホート / 虐待 / 周産期

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to identify the structure of relationships between intimate partner violence and infant abuse. Study participants were 319 women (mothers) and 203 their partners (fathers). Three factors, sleep disorder, IPV and bonding disorder, had a stronger correlation between parents’ abusive behaviors. Two types of model were guided by hypothesis A and B. According to multiple group analysis (model A), each parent’s bonding disorder (T1) affected abusive behavior (T2). Especially, in the father’s model, IPV (T1) affected IPV (T2), and IPV (T2) affected abusive behavior (T3). In model B, mother’s IPV (T1) also affected father’s IPV (T2).

Free Research Field

ウィメンズヘルス・助産学