OBJECTIVE This study had three goals: (a) to examine the association between racial discrimination and intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration; (b) to determine whether this relationship is explained by mental health (MH) symptoms; and (c) to determine whether these associations vary by poverty status or gender. METHODS During the Wave 4 (2013-2017) visit of the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Longitudinal Study (HANDLS), Black adults who were in a relationship (N = 433; mean age = 55.26, SD = 9.30; 51% men) provided self-report data on IPV perpetration; frequency of racial discrimination; and levels of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Multigroup mediation models used these cross-sectional data to test whether racial discrimination was associated with MH symptoms, which in turn were associated with IPV perpetration, determining the significance of direct and indirect pathways and whether any pathways varied by poverty status or gender. RESULTS Racial discrimination was associated with more MH symptoms, which in turn was associated with IPV perpetration. The negative effect of discrimination on MH was stronger for Black women than Black men and for Black adults with household incomes below 125% of the Federal poverty line than those with incomes above this cutoff. DISCUSSION Efforts to prevent and treat IPV in the Black community should address the negative effects of racial discrimination experiences on MH and partner aggression, especially among those with multiple marginalized identities. IPV prevention efforts may be enhanced through an overarching commitment to dismantle structural racism and intersectional forms of oppression. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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黑人成年人的种族歧视、心理健康症状和亲密伴侣暴力行为。

目标 本研究有三个目标：(a) 检查种族歧视与亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 实施之间的关联；(b) 确定这种关系是否可以用心理健康 (MH) 症状来解释；(c) 确定这些关联是否因贫困状况或性别而异。方法 在第 4 波 (2013-2017) 访问健康老龄化邻里多样性纵向研究 (HANDLS) 期间，处于恋爱关系中的黑人成年人（N = 433；平均年龄 = 55.26，SD = 9.30；51% 男性）提供了关于 IPV 犯罪的自我报告数据；种族歧视的频率；以及焦虑、抑郁和创伤后应激症状的程度。多组中介模型使用这些横截面数据来测试种族歧视是否与 MH 症状相关，这反过来又与 IPV 犯罪有关，决定了直接和间接途径的重要性，以及是否有任何途径因贫困状况或性别而异。结果 种族歧视与更多的 MH 症状相关，而 MH 症状又与 IPV 实施相关。歧视对 MH 的负面影响对黑人女性的影响要大于对黑人男性的影响，对家庭收入低于联邦贫困线 125% 的黑人成年人的影响要强于收入高于此临界值的黑人成年人。讨论 在黑人社区预防和治疗 IPV 的努力应该解决种族歧视经历对 MH 和伴侣攻击的负面影响，尤其是那些具有多重边缘化身份的人。通过消除结构性种族主义和交叉形式的压迫的总体承诺，可以加强 IPV 预防工作。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。