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. 2008 Mar 18;85(3):386–401. doi: 10.1007/s11524-008-9265-z

TABLE 5.

Associations between ethnic identity formation, perceived discrimination, and witnessing community violence in young adulthood and lifetime intimate partner violence victimization, controlling for eighth grade risk behaviors (n = 550 women)

  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Odds ratio (confidence interval) Odds ratio (confidence interval)
A Physical IPV victimization Emotional IPV victimization
Discrimination 1.34 (1.17, 1.52)**** 1.34(1.17,1.53)**** 1.37 (1.20,1.57)**** 1.20 (1.05, 1.36)*** 1.20 (1.05, 1.37)*** 1.22 (1.07, 1.39)***
Community violence 1.24 (1.09, 1.42)*** 1.17 (1.02, 1.35)** 1.13 (0.98, 1.31)* 1.30 (1.14, 1.49)**** 1.29 (1.12, 1.48)**** 1.26 (1.09, 1.45)***
Ethnic identity 1.03 (0.90, 1.17) 1.02 (0.90, 1.17) 1.07 (0.93, 1.22) 1.00 (0.88, 1.14) 1.00 (0.88, 1.14) 1.03 (0.90, 1.18)
Eighth grade aggression 1.32 (0.88, 2.00) 1.31 (0.86, 1.98) 1.01 (0.67, 1.52 1.05 (0.69, 1.58)
Eighth grade alcohol use 2.14 (1.46, 3.15)**** 2.26 (1.53, 3.34)**** 1.03 (0.70, 1.51) 1.04 (0.71, 1.54)
Eighth grade lifetime sex 1.31 (0.83, 2.07) 1.19 (0.74, 1.90) 1.43 (0.91, 2.25) 1.42 (0.89, 2.26)
Hispanic vs. other 1.36 (0.83, 2.22) 1.13 (0.70, 1.84)
Age 1.09 (0.72, 1.62) 1.08 (0.73, 1.60)
Education 1.68 (1.04, 2.69)** 1.71 (1.07, 2.73)**
Parenting 1.32 (0.86, 2.04) 0.78 (0.51, 1.20)
B Physical IPV Perpetration Emotional IPV Perpetration
Discrimination 1.26 (1.11,1.44)**** 1.27 (1.11, 1.45)**** 1.29 (1.13,1.47)**** 1.24 (1.02, 1.50)** 1.24 (1.03, 1.50)** 1.26 (1.04, 1.53)**
Community violence 1.21 (1.06, 1.38)*** 1.13 (0.98, 1.30)* 1.08 (0.94, 1.25) 1.22 (1.00, 1.48)** 1.14 (0.93, 1.40) 1.10 (0.90, 1.36)
Ethnic Identity 1.04 (0.91, 1.18) 1.04 (0.91, 1.19) 1.09 (0.95, 1.24) 0.95 (0.79, 1.15) 0.95 (0.79, 1.15) 1.02 (0.84, 1.23)
Eighth grade aggression 1.51 (1.01, 2.26)** 1.54 (1.02, 2.32)** 1.61 (0.92, 2.84)* 1.68 (0.95, 2.99)*
Eighth grade alcohol use 1.69 (1.15, 2.47)*** 1.76 (1.20, 2.58)*** 1.12 (0.64, 1.95) 1.18 (0.67, 2.08)
Eighth grade lifetime sex 1.44 (0.92, 2.25) 1.34 (0.84, 2.12) 1.37 (0.74, 2.54) 1.17 (0.61, 2.23)
Hispanic vs. other 0.97 (0.59, 1.59) 1.04 (0.51, 2.11)
Age 1.09 (0.74, 1.62) 0.58 (0.31, 1.07)*
Education 1.98 (1.24, 3.17)*** 3.30 (1.41, 7.73)**
Parenting 1.00 (0.65, 1.53) 1.14 (0.64, 2.05)

*p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01, ****p < 0.001