The study examined the effect of community environments, such as community cohesion, community safety, and community poverty, in childhood on the likelihood of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) perpetration and victimization in young adulthood. The study used the cross-sectional survey data of 2,082 college students collected in 2016–2017 from six universities in the U.S. and the data for the childhood community environment from the 2007–2011 American Community Survey. Hierarchical regressions were performed separately by gender to 1) assess the effects of community factors in addition to individual factors for IPV perpetration and victimization, and to 2) identify the interaction effect of community cohesion with community poverty on IPV perpetration and victimization. Community factors of community cohesion and community poverty were significantly correlated to different types of IPV. For IPV perpetration, only community cohesion was significant for, the interaction effect between community cohesion and poverty showed that higher community cohesion lowered the risk of community poverty on later IPV perpetration in both genders. For IPV victimization, only female students were affected by community poverty, whereas none of the community factors had an impact on male students. The findings imply the significance of early interventions and policies strengthening the community environment, especially community cohesion, for preventing IPV. The findings also suggest that assessing risk and protective factors on IPV in multiple contexts during childhood is important to develop effective programs preventing IPV.

该研究调查了童年时期社区环境（例如社区凝聚力、社区安全和社区贫困）对成年后亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 实施和受害可能性的影响。该研究使用了 2016-2017 年从美国六所大学收集的 2,082 名大学生的横断面调查数据，以及来自 2007-2011 年美国社区调查的童年社区环境数据。按性别分别进行分层回归，以 1) 评估除个体因素之外的社区因素对 IPV 犯罪和受害的影响，以及 2) 确定社区凝聚力与社区贫困对 IPV 犯罪和受害的相互作用。社区凝聚力和社区贫困等社区因素与不同类型的 IPV 显着相关。对于 IPV 犯罪，只有社区凝聚力是显着的，因为社区凝聚力与贫困之间的交互作用表明，较高的社区凝聚力降低了两性后来 IPV 犯罪的社区贫困风险。对于 IPV 受害，只有女学生受到社区贫困的影响，而没有任何社区因素对男学生产生影响。研究结果表明，加强社区环境，尤其是社区凝聚力的早期干预和政策对于预防 IPV 具有重要意义。研究结果还表明，评估儿童时期多种情况下 IPV 的风险和保护因素对于制定有效的 IPV 预防计划非常重要。