Date of Conferral

7-22-2025

Degree

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

School

Public Health

Advisor

Zin Htway

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health concern because of its long-term impact on health and well-being with 1 in 4 American women experiencing some form of IPV. To help understand how age, gender, and race of both, the perpetrator and victim, impact the type of IPV, multiple regression analysis was performed with secondary data from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence survey (N=541). This study used Raewyn Connell’s Theory of Masculinity as a conceptual framework. This theory states that males have a need to show dominance, strength, and suppress emotion, which can inform patterns of violence in intimate relationships. The study investigated the relationship between age, gender, and race of IPV victim and perpetrator and the type of IPV, while controlling for annual income of the primary household. There was statistical significance among gender and sexual violence, revealing a negative relationship that showed sexual violence rates decreased as the annual income of the primary household increased. There was no statistical significance among age, gender, and race of the perpetrator and victim with nonsexual violence and no statistical significance among age, gender, and race of the perpetrator and victim and drug facilitated sexual violence. These findings emphasize the importance of considering gender dynamics and socioeconomic factors in IPV prevention. They also underscore the need for targeted, community-based prevention and intervention efforts aimed at reshaping norms around IPV and fostering long-term social change.

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