Past-year intimate partner violence perpetration among people with and without depression: an individual participant data (IPD) meta-mediation analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate whether (1) depression is associated with increased risk of past-year intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration, disaggregated by sex, after controlling for potential confounders; (2) observed associations are mediated by alcohol misuse or past-year IPV victimisation.

Methods

Systematic review and individual participant data (IPD) meta-mediation analysis of general population surveys of participants aged 16 years or older, that were conducted in a high-income country setting, and measured mental disorder and IPV perpetration in the last 12 months.

Results

Four datasets contributed to meta-mediation analyses, with a combined sample of 12,679 participants. Depression was associated with a 7.4% and 4.8% proportion increase of past-year physical

SUBMITTER: Saunders KRK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10627935 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature