The relationship between adverse childhood experiences and intimate partner violence perpetration among Sri Lankan adult males: Exploring data from the united nations' multicountry study on men and violence in asia and the Pacific

Fonseka, Ruvani

Friday, March 20, 2015: 4:00 PM-5:20 PM

Room 4 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speaker:
Ruvani Fonseka, MPH/MSW, Candidate, UC Berkeley

Presentation Format:
Scientific Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Be aware of the statistical relationship between childhood adverse experiences and adulthood perpetration of violence among Sri Lankan males.
Be able to identify key resiliency factors in childhood that decrease the likelihood of adulthood perpetration of violence.
Have brainstormed and considered the implications of various preventive initiatives to decrease adulthood perpetration of intimate partner violence by working with youth.

Description:
In Sri Lanka, women experience Intimate Partner Violence at the hands of their male partners at nearly identical rates to India, but IPV has been studied far less in the Sri Lankan context. This study examines the survey data from the Sri Lankan arm of the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific to identify and explain the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and IPV perpetration in adulthood among males in Sri Lanka.