TY - JOUR T1 - Intimate partner violence among women veterans by sexual orientation. AU - Dardis,Christina M, AU - Shipherd,Jillian C, AU - Iverson,Katherine M, Y1 - 2016/06/20/ PY - 2016/6/21/pubmed PY - 2017/12/21/medline PY - 2016/6/21/entrez KW - Bisexual KW - intimate partner violence KW - lesbian KW - questioning KW - stalking KW - women veterans SP - 775 EP - 791 JF - Women & health JO - Women Health VL - 57 IS - 7 N2 - National estimates suggest intimate partner violence (IPV) rates are equal or higher among lesbian, bisexual, or questioning (LBQ)-identified women than heterosexual-identified women. Women veterans are a population at high risk for IPV, yet the occurrence of lifetime and past-year IPV experiences by sexual orientation have not been examined in this population. Lifetime and past-year IPV experiences and current IPV-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms were assessed with validated screening measures as part of a 2014 web-based national survey of women veterans. Among 403 respondents, 9.7% (n = 39) identified as LBQ, and 90.3% (n = 364) identified as heterosexual. When controlling for age, LBQ-identified women veterans were significantly more likely to report lifetime sexual and physical IPV and lifetime intimate partner stalking. In the past year, LBQ-identified veterans were twice as likely to endorse emotional mistreatment and physical IPV, and three times more likely to endorse sexual IPV, than were heterosexual-identified women veterans. However, sexual orientation was unrelated to IPV-related PTSD symptoms, when controlling for age, race, and number IPV forms experienced. IPV is prevalent among LBQ-identified women veterans, suggesting the need to understand the potentially unique contextual factors and health-care needs of this group. SN - 1541-0331 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/27322372/Intimate_partner_violence_among_women_veterans_by_sexual_orientation_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -