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Women with exposure and outcome data from at least 2 waves were eligible for the study. Data analysis was conducted in February 2025.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposures<\/jats:title>\n Past-year gun and other weapon-involved IPV, nonweapon physical IPV, and psychological abuse.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n \n Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (\n Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders<\/jats:italic>\n [Fourth Edition]) symptom counts for MDD, PD, PTSD, and ASAD at each wave. \u03b2-Binomial (\u03b2\u0302) mixed-effects models with random intercepts modeled bounded symptom counts, adjusting for survey wave, lagged symptoms, and covariates. Pooled marginal and within-person transition contrasts were estimated using parametric simulation.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Among 1114 women (mean [SD] age at wave 1, 29.48 [5.42] years), 585 (52.5%) were migrants; median birth year was 1987 (range, 1969-1999). Across follow-up, 43 women (3.9%) reported gun or other weapon\u2013involved IPV, 171 (15.4%) nonweapon physical IPV, and 726 (65.2%) psychological abuse. In fully adjusted models, weapon-involved IPV remained associated with PD (\u03b2\u0302\u2009=\u20090.79; 95% CI, 0.08-1.50) and PTSD (\u03b2\u0302\u2009=\u20091.07; 95% CI, 0.38-1.76) but not MDD (\u03b2\u0302\u2009=\u20090.12; 95% CI, \u22120.55 to 0.79) or ASAD (\u03b2\u0302\u2009=\u2009\u22120.12; 95% CI, \u22120.81 to 0.57). Adjusted pooled marginal differences were 0.57 (95% CI, 0.04-1.44) for PD and 0.69 (95% CI, 0.17-1.59) for PTSD; within-person transition effects were 1.12 (95% CI, 0.08-2.24) for PD and 1.14 (95% CI, 0.26-2.02) for PTSD.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this cohort study, gun and other weapon\u2013involved IPV was independently associated with higher PD and PTSD symptom counts after controlling for other IPV types and prior mental health. 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