Interracial violence is a high-profile issue in the United States; however, there is little empirical research on interracial intimate partner violence (IPV). Interracial relationships are becoming more common. However, interracial couples continue to face stressors (e.g., discrimination) that likely impact the relationship (e.g., IPV) than their monoracial counterparts. Research indicates that military populations more likely oppose interracial marriages than nonmilitary counterparts. Yet, no study to date has investigated IPV within military monoracial and interracial couples. To understand the intersecting effects of race/ethnicity among military couples, this study investigates male perpetrated IPV in interracial and monoracial relationships. Using structural equation modeling, this study sample contains information about 449 male veterans from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (1994-2008): Waves I and IV. Findings indicate that (a) White and Black veterans are more violent in monoracial relationships, meanwhile, Latino veterans have a higher IPV prevalence in interracial relationships; (b) Black and White veterans were more likely to use alcohol and other drugs (AOD) after IPV perpetration in interracial relationships, in contrast to Latino veterans’ post IPV perpetrations AOD use in monoracial relationships; (c) veteran mental health status was affected after perpetration of IPV, similar to the effects experienced after combat. In an attempt to address the lack of research on the characteristics associated with interracial violence this study addresses the following questions: (a) Are veterans in interracial families more likely to commit IPV and use of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) than in monoracial families? (b) Among the military samples, is AOD a facilitator for IPV? (c) How does mental health status affect IPV perpetration?

种族暴力在美国是一个备受瞩目的问题。然而，关于跨种族亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的实证研究很少。跨种族关系变得越来越普遍。然而，与单种族伴侣相比，异族夫妻继续面临可能影响关系（例如，IPV）的压力源（例如，歧视）。研究表明，军人比非军人更可能反对异族通婚。然而，迄今为止，还没有研究调查军事单种族和跨种族夫妇中的 IPV。为了了解军人夫妇中种族/民族的交叉影响，本研究调查了男性在跨种族和单种族关系中实施的 IPV。使用结构方程建模，该研究样本包含来自全国青少年到成人健康纵向研究（1994-2008）的 449 名男性退伍军人的信息：第一波和第四波。调查结果表明 (a) 白人和黑人退伍军人在单种族关系中更加暴力，同时，拉丁裔退伍军人在跨种族关系中的 IPV 流行率更高；(b) 黑人和白人退伍军人在跨种族关系中实施 IPV 后更有可能使用酒精和其他药物 (AOD)，这与拉丁裔退伍军人在单种族关系中使用 AOD 后的 IPV 实施相反；(c) 实施 IPV 后退伍军人的心理健康状况受到影响，类似于战斗后所经历的影响。为了解决对跨种族暴力相关特征的研究缺乏的问题，本研究解决了以下问题：(a) 跨种族家庭的退伍军人是否比单种族家庭的退伍军人更有可能实施 IPV 和使用酒精和其他药物 (AOD)？(b) 在军事样本中，AOD 是 IPV 的促进者吗？(c) 心理健康状况如何影响 IPV 的实施？