Differences in Frequency of Violence and Reported Injury Between Relationships With Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal Intimate Partner Violence

Differences in Frequency of Violence and Reported Injury Between Relationships With Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal Intimate Partner Violence

Results. Almost 24% of all relationships had some violence, and half (49.7%)
of those were reciprocally violent. In nonreciprocally violent relationships, women
were the perpetrators in more than 70% of the cases. Reciprocity was associated
with more frequent violence among women (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=2.3; 95%
confidence interval [CI]=1.9, 2.8), but not men (AOR=1.26; 95% CI=0.9, 1.7). Regarding
injury, men were more likely to inflict injury than were women (AOR=1.3;
95% CI=1.1, 1.5), and reciprocal intimate partner violence was associated with
greater injury than was nonreciprocal intimate partner violence regardless of the
gender of the perpetrator (AOR=4.4; 95% CI=3.6, 5.5).

Published May 2007, Vol 97, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health

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