Table 1. Comparison, by age group, of the characteristics of the adults who witnessed and did not witness interparental violence in childhood, SIRS cohort, Paris metropolitan area, 2005.
Witnessing of interparental violence in childhood | ||||||||
Overall | Age 18–36 | Age 37–54 | Age >54 | |||||
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
(511) | (2483) | (189) | (802) | (185) | (812) | (137) | (869) | |
Demographics | ||||||||
Age (mean) | 42.6 | 45.7 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 44.3 | 45.4 | 67.0 | 68.7 |
Female | 55.3 | 52.4 | 52.0 | 51.6 | 54.9 | 49.6 | 61.7 | 56.5 |
French nationality | 88.2 | 85.9 | 83.3 | 83.5 | 88.5 | 84.2 | 97.2* | 90.7 |
Psychosocial outcomes in adulthood | ||||||||
Internalising disorders | ||||||||
Current depression | 18.3*** | 10.4 | 18.3*** | 9.4 | 19.5** | 10.4 | 16.0 | 11.7 |
Lifetime suicide attempt | 6.0*** | 2.3 | 4.0** | 1.2 | 6.3* | 2.7 | 9.3** | 3.2 |
Intrafamilial conduct disorders | ||||||||
Intimate partner violence | 8.1*** | 1.9 | 7.4*** | 1.1 | 12.5*** | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
Perpetration of child maltreatment | 3.8*** | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 7.4*** | 0.7 | 0 | 0.8 |
Alcohol dependence | 17.8*** | 9.2 | 16.8* | 9.4 | 21.2** | 12.2 | 14.4** | 5.7 |
Childhood family-level stressors | ||||||||
Poor mother–child relationship | 25.8*** | 10.7 | 21.4*** | 9.0 | 27.6*** | 11.8 | 30.8*** | 11.6 |
Poor father–child relationship | 50.1*** | 19.0 | 52.0*** | 20.1 | 52.3*** | 19.3 | 43.4*** | 17.4 |
Parental separation or divorce | 32.3*** | 9.0 | 43.6*** | 14.6 | 24.7*** | 6.6 | 23.4*** | 4.6 |
Parental death | 5.4*** | 11.2 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 6.6** | 18.0 |
Parental incarceration | 2.9*** | 0.6 | 3.0** | 0.6 | 1.2* | 0.1 | 4.7** | 1.1 |
Parental suicide attempt | 7.1*** | 0.9 | 7.0*** | 1.4 | 7.6*** | 1.1 | 6.5*** | 0.1 |
Parental alcoholism | 26.8*** | 3.5 | 26.9*** | 3.1 | 28.7*** | 4.4 | 23.6*** | 2.9 |
Physical abuse in childhood | 12.2*** | 1.5 | 9.5*** | 1.2 | 16.5*** | 1.7 | 9.4*** | 1.9 |
Sexual abuse in childhood | 6.9*** | 1.5 | 5.9*** | 1.7 | 8.7*** | 1.6 | 5.6** | 1.2 |
Childhood social-level stressors | ||||||||
Family financial problems | 33.0*** | 15.2 | 31.0*** | 12.5 | 29.2*** | 14.6 | 41.9*** | 19.3 |
Poor parental health status | 30.0*** | 19.1 | 29.4*** | 17.3 | 29.9** | 18.7 | 32.1* | 21.7 |
Housing problems | 11.1*** | 4.5 | 9.5*** | 3.6 | 11.1*** | 2.7 | 14.2* | 7.8 |
Parental unemployment | 16.3*** | 6.2 | 21.9*** | 10.9 | 12.7*** | 3.6 | 10.5*** | 3.3 |
*p Value <0.05; **p value <0.01; ***p value <0.001.