Intimate partner psychological violence among GLBTQ college students: The role of harsh parenting, interparental conflict, and microaggressions

AbstractThis study provides critical contributions to the study of gay, lesbian bisexual, transgender, queer (GLBTQ) college students by examining the role of family and microaggressions on psychological intimate partner violence. Specifically, the role of interparental conflict, harsh parenting, and microaggressions on psychological perpetration and victimization are assessed. This study includes 379 GLBTQ individuals and findings from structural equation modeling illustrate that although mother interparental conflict, mother harsh parenting, and microaggressions were all significantly correlated with psychological victimization and perpetration, once all variables were added to the model, only microaggressions were significantly positively associated with both perpetration and victimization of psychological violence. Also, moderation by participant gender and if the participant was out to a parent or not was not supported. Limitations and future directions are discussed.