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Social and Environmental Contexts of Adolescent and Young Adult Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Study

Elizabeth Reed, ScD

Department for Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, elizabeth.reed{at}yale.edu, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Jay G. Silverman, PhD

Department for Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Anita Raj, PhD

Social Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Emily F. Rothman, ScD

Social Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Michele R. Decker, MPH

Department for Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Barbara R. Gottlieb, MD

Department for Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Beth E. Molnar, ScD

Department for Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD

Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California

The purpose of the current study was to examine qualitatively the life contexts of young males enrolled in programs addressing perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV). Semistructured interviews were conducted with 19 males recruited from these programs. Interviews were coded to examine life contexts and analyzed using a content analysis approach. Five themes emerged across interviews: (a) disruptive home environment; (b) lack of positive male role models; (c) a peer context characterized by substance use, gang involvement, and behaviors supporting the sexual maltreatment of girls; (d) school circumstances characterized by a lack of academic support; and (e) community exposures to violence. These factors were often interrelated within the various contexts of participants. Further research is needed to provide insight into whether and how these issues may contribute to IPV perpetration. Efforts to support young males regarding a broad array of concerns should be included in programming to reduce IPV perpetration.

Key Words: intimate partner violence • dating violence • adolescent and young male development • contextual factors • male perpetrators

This version was published on September 1, 2008

American Journal of Men's Health, Vol. 2, No. 3, 260-271 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1557988308318863
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