Date of Conferral
2021
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Psychology
Advisor
Robin Friedman
Abstract
Victims of sibling violence may be at increased risk for revictimization in peer and dating relationships, and sibling violence may influence how the young adult reacts to conflict in their interpersonal relationships. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of childhood sibling violence with adults who later experienced intimate partner violence. Bandura’s social cognitive theory was the conceptual framework of this study. The research question was how individuals perceive and describe the effect of sibling violence in childhood as this relates to the experience of intimate partner violence as adults. Five individuals who experienced childhood sibling violence and intimate partner violence in adulthood were recruited through purposeful sampling and were interviewed using a semistructured interview format. Moustakas’s phenomenological research design was used for data collection and analysis to identify common themes across interview transcripts. The seven themes that emerged from the data were family environmental factors that increase risk for sibling violence, the cycle of violence, participants’ lived experiences with childhood sibling violence, participants’ lived experiences with intimate partner violence, the effects of sibling violence, the effects of intimate partner violence, and perceptions of sibling violence and intimate partner violence relationships. The positive social change implications for this study include increasing public awareness of this social issue, and the findings may be used to influence public policy efforts and improve the programs and services for sibling violence and domestic violence victims.
Recommended Citation
Barger, Chelsey Almond, "The Experience of Childhood Sibling Violence and Partner Violence in Adult Relationships" (2021). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 11156.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/11156
