Intimate partner violence (IPV) can involve patterns of physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Women typically experience physical IPV in combination with emotional IPV, while emotional IPV is often experienced in the absence of other types of IPV. There is very little known about women’s experiences of these different types of IPV over time. The primary aim of this paper is to describe patterns in women’s individual experiences of physical and/or emotional IPV across the first 10 years of motherhood. Data were drawn from a prospective pregnancy cohort of 1507 first-time mothers in Melbourne, Australia. Emotional, physical, and combined physical and emotional IPV were reported in the first, fourth and tenth year of motherhood using the Composite Abuse Scale. The overall prevalence of each type of IPV remained consistent across the three time-points, with emotional IPV alone being the most prevalent. There was substantial variability in women’s experiences of IPV over time and there was no common progression from one type of IPV to another. Women were more likely to report IPV at more than one time-point if they experienced combined physical and emotional IPV, while for women who reported emotional or physical IPV alone this was more likely to be at a single time-point. A number of socio-demographic characteristics in early pregnancy were associated with a higher risk of reporting IPV at all three time-points, including being unemployed (RRR = 3.6; 95% CI: 2.1, 6.2) and being aged 18–24 years (RRR = 3.1; 95% CI: 1.8, 5.4). Knowledge of the variability and persistence of IPV in the first 10 years of motherhood, and factors associated with these experiences, can help tailor effective health and social service responses.

亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 可能涉及身体、性和情感虐待的模式。女性通常会经历身体 IPV 和情感 IPV，而情感 IPV 通常会在没有其他类型的 IPV 的情况下经历。随着时间的推移，女性对这些不同类型的 IPV 的体验知之甚少。本文的主要目的是描述女性在做母亲的前 10 年的身体和/或情感 IPV 的个人经历模式。数据来自澳大利亚墨尔本的 1507 名首次怀孕母亲的前瞻性怀孕队列。使用综合虐待量表在母亲的第一年、第四年和第十年报告情绪、身体以及身体和情绪综合 IPV。每种类型 IPV 的总体流行率在三个时间点保持一致，仅情感 IPV 最为普遍。随着时间的推移，女性对 IPV 的体验存在很大差异，并且从一种类型的 IPV 到另一种类型的 IPV 没有共同的进展。如果女性同时经历了身体和情感 IPV，她们更有可能在多个时间点报告 IPV，而对于单独报告情感或身体 IPV 的女性来说，这更有可能是在一个时间点。妊娠早期的一些社会人口学特征与在所有三个时间点报告 IPV 的风险较高相关，包括失业（RRR = 3.6；95% CI：2.1, 6.2）和 18-24 岁（ RRR = 3.1；95% CI：1.8, 5.4)。了解 IPV 在孕产前 10 年的可变性和持续性，以及与这些经历相关的因素，