This article empirically examines if the relationship between animal abuse and intimate partner violence (often referred to as "the link") documented in samples of women accessing services from domestic violence shelters extends to a nationally representative sample of the general Canadian population. Nationally representative data from the 2014 Canadian General Social Survey are analyzed using hierarchical binary logistic regression models, with threats and actual abuse of pets as a predictor of physical and sexual intimate partner violence, controlling for several key sociodemographic variables. Actual and threatened abuse of pets by a romantic partner is a significant and sizable predictor of also reporting that partner perpetrated intimate partner violence, particularly physical and severe abuse. As the first study to use nationally representative data to assess the perpetration of animal abuse and IPV in current/recent relationships, this study makes significant contributions to the interdisciplinary literature on animal abuse and IPV.

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全国代表性样本中动物虐待和亲密伴侣暴力的共同发生：普通人群中“联系”的证据。

本文实证研究了从家庭暴力庇护所获得服务的妇女样本中记录的动物虐待与亲密伴侣暴力之间的关系（通常称为“链接”）是否扩展到加拿大普通人口的全国代表性样本。使用分层二元逻辑回归模型分析了 2014 年加拿大综合社会调查的全国代表性数据，其中宠物的威胁和实际虐待作为身体和性亲密伴侣暴力的预测因子，控制了几个关键的社会人口变量。浪漫伴侣对宠物的实际和威胁性虐待是一个重要且可观的预测因素，它还报告伴侣实施了亲密伴侣暴力，特别是身体虐待和严重虐待。