This study addresses the dearth of research in the victim–offender (V-O) overlap literature regarding the context in which incident-level abuse occurs. With a national sample of 589 young adults (age 18–32), 9.2% reported 2,015 daily conflicts (73% involving abuse) through digital diaries over a 6-week period. Using individual conflicts as our unit of analysis, we estimated multilevel models to explore both the nature of the individual conflicts and the characteristics of the parties in the conflict. We explored what distinguishes routine nonabusive conflicts from conflicts that involve abuse. We also examined the predictors of abusive conflicts and the V-O overlap. The nature of the incidents and proximities of the parties to the conflict were associated with the presence of abuse in conflicts and the V-O overlap. How young adults manage conflicts played a role in whether the dispute escalated to include abusive behaviors, especially mutual abuse.

本研究解决了受害者-犯罪者 (VO) 重叠文献中缺乏关于事件级虐待发生背景的研究。在 589 名年轻人（18-32 岁）的全国样本中，9.2% 的人在 6 周内通过数字日记报告了 2,015 次日常冲突（73% 涉及虐待）。以个体冲突为分析单位，我们估计了多层次模型，以探索个体冲突的性质和冲突各方的特征。我们探讨了常规的非虐待冲突与涉及虐待的冲突的区别。我们还检查了滥用冲突和 VO 重叠的预测因素。事件的性质和冲突各方的接近程度与冲突中存在的虐待和 VO 重叠有关。