Table 3.

OLS Regression Coefficients for the Association Between Family Violence, Sociodemographic Characteristics, Prior Relationship Experiences, Adult Status Characteristics, and Relationship Characteristics and Attitudes Toward IPV (N = 928).

	Zero Order	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5
Family violence
Witnessing parental violence	0.26***	0.23***	0.17**	0.14**	0.12*	0.12*
Coercive parenting	0.24***	0.20**	0.15*	0.09	0.10	0.10
Sociodemographic characteristics
Gender (female)	0.34***		0.33***	0.43***	0.43***	0.44***
Age	−0.03*		−0.03*	−0.03*	−0.03*	−0.02
Race (White)
Black	0.31***		0.12	0.10	0.12	0.10
Hispanic	0.10		−0.03	−0.05	−0.07	−0.08
Family structure (Two biological   parents)
Single parent	0.21**		0.04	0.03	0.01	0.00
Step-parent	0.05		−0.08	−0.09	−0.10	−0.10
Other	0.25**		0.05	0.05	−0.00	−0.01
Family income	−0.06***		−0.02	−0.02	−0.01	−0.01
Neighborhood poverty	0.12***		0.07**	0.06*	0.03	0.04
Prior relationship experiences
Partner non-exclusivity	0.11*			−0.01	−0.01	−0.01
Partner verbal abuse	0.10			0.02	0.04	0.04
Partner perpetration	0.16**			0.10	0.07	0.08
Partner controlling behaviors	0.20***			0.21***	0.20***	0.19***
Adult status characteristics
Respondent’s education (high   school)
Less than HS	0.28**				0.13	0.13
Some college	−0.13				−0.16*	−0.16*
College or more	−0.29***				−0.13	−0.13
Respondent’s employment   (Unemployed)
Part-time	−0.10				−0.04	−0.05
Full-time	−0.23***				−0.03	−0.03
Parent	0.29***				0.08	0.10
Relationship characteristics
Union status (dating)
Cohabiting	−0.01					−0.00
Married	−0.16*					−0.12
Current relationship (most   recent)	−0.08					−0.04
Duration	−0.04					−0.00
R 2		.04	.12	.15	.17	.17

Source. Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study.

Note. IPV = intimate partner violence.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.