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Table 3 Associations of maltreatment and loneliness with IPVA (2127 females, 1145 males, imputed data)

From: Being silenced, loneliness and being heard: understanding pathways to intimate partner violence & abuse in young adults. a mixed-methods study

 

Odds ratio for the association of child maltreatment or loneliness in adolescence with IPVA in young adult relationships between 18–21 years old (95% confidence interval)

Females (unadjusted)

Females (adjusted**)

Males (unadjusted**)

Males (adjusted**)

Child maltreatment* 0–12 years

1.24 (1.01 to 1.52)

P = 0.04

1.22 (0.99 to 1.50)

P = 0.06

1.39 (1.03 to 1.87)

P = 0.03

1.37 (1.01 to 1.84)

P = 0.04

Loneliness at school at age 14

1.63 (1.13 to 2.35)

P = 0.01

1.64 (1.14 to 2.37)

P = 0.01

1.76 (0.91 to 3.40)

P = 0.10

1.68 (0.86 to 3.26)

P = 0.13

Loneliness within peer group at age 13

1.55 (0.80 to 3.01)

P = 0.20

1.53 (0.79 to 2.98)

P = 0.21

0.80 (0.34 to 1.94)

P = 0.65

0.81 (0.34 to 1.94)

P = 0.65

Overall loneliness at age 13

1.40 (0.87 to 2.28)

P = 0.16

1.41 (0.87 to 2.29)

P = 0.16

1.04 (0.46 to 2.35)

P = 0.92

0.99 (0.44 to 2.26)

P = 0.99

  1. *Maltreatment = emotional abuse, emotional neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence (violence between ‘parents’), bullying
  2. **Adjusted models include the following covariates for females: maternal age at delivery, maternal parity at delivery, maternal education, whether the child lives in a single parent household. For males, the same set of covariates was used apart from single parent household, which could not be included due to perfect prediction in one or more of the imputed datasets
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BMC Public Health

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