Table 1.

Demographics, Intimate Partner Violence Sustained, Social Support, and Childhood Aggression Experiences

	Helpseeking sample (n = 302)	Community sample (n = 520)	χ2 or t
	% or M (SD)	% or M (SD)
Demographics
Age, years	40.49 (8.97)	43.68 (10.88)	4.52***
Educationa	4.40 (1.56)	4.04 (1.72)	3.13**
	(n = 300)	(n = 514)
Income, in thousands	$50.44K (25.69)	$48.98K (26.13)	0.77
	(n = 296)	(n = 508)
% White	86.8	84.8	0.59
% Currently in a relationship	56.3	95.8	193.70***
% With minor children	73.2	45.3	64.60***
Length of relationship (in months)	97.90 (82.06)	164.90 (131.01)	8.93***
% Sustaining IPV
% Controlling behaviors	93.4	20.0	412.20***
% Severe psychological aggression	96.0	13.7	526.31***
% Physical aggression	100.0	16.3	536.60***
% Injured in previous year	78.5	4.0	491.56***
Mean number of acts of IPV sustained in those sustaining IPV
Number of controlling acts in previous year	42.62 (36.25)	11.36 (16.31)	11.64***
	(n = 282)	(n = 104)
Number of severe psychological aggression acts in previous year	28.90 (26.20)	9.13 (13.26)	8.98***
	(n = 290)	(n = 71)
Number of physically aggressive acts in previous year	46.72 (53.48)	12.22 (33.29)	7.27***
	(n = 302)	(n = 85)
Number of injuries sustained in previous year	11.68 (15.61)	5.52 (11.42)	2.29*
	(n = 237)	(n = 21)
Social support and childhood aggression experienced
Social support	5.95 (5.91)	23.73 (5.24)	18.95***
% Sustaining child physical aggression	46.8	35.3	10.65***
% Witnessing IPV between parents	21.5	14.3	7.03**
% Sustaining familial child sexual abuse	12.9	6.4	10.20***
% Sustaining non-familial child sexual abuse	17.2	8.5	14.13***

^aEducational status: 1 = Less than high school, 2 = High school graduate or GED, 3 = Some college/trade school, 4 = Two-year college graduate, 5 = Four-year college graduate, 6 = Some graduate school, 7 = Graduate degree.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.