Comparing post-Gulf War and post-9/11 era of service among veterans: Intimate partner violence and substance use by race and ethnicity

Abstract

Using structural equation modeling to examine intimate partner violence (IPV) among post-Gulf War and post-9/11 military families, this study considers variations of IPV from the point of the perpetrator to test the impact of demographic factors on the type of IPV most prevalent among military perpetrators. The study sample contains information about 449 male veterans from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (1994–2008): Waves I and IV in-home interviews. Study findings indicate that the perpetration of physical and sexual IPV depends on the context of veteran cohort and race/ethnicity.