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Associations were examined using survey-weighted logistic regression models. Estimates were calculated adjusting for each other form of EDV, as well as other types of child maltreatment and socio-economic factors. Each model was stratified for men and women.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0007125025103620_as4\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      All mental disorders and health risk behaviours were more common among those with\n                      <jats:italic>any<\/jats:italic>\n                      childhood EDV compared to those without. Intimidation or control and damage to property or pets independently predicted most mental disorders and health risk behaviours. The strongest association was found between intimidation or control and post-traumatic stress disorder (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 2.30, 95% CI 1.77\u20132.98) and generalised anxiety disorder (aOR 1.65, 95% CI 1.36\u20131.99), and damage to property or pets and severe alcohol use disorder (aOR 1.76, 95% CI 1.36\u20132.27).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0007125025103620_as5\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Childhood EDV characterised by intimidation or control and property damage or harm to pets significantly increases the risk of mental disorders and health risk behaviours in adulthood. Urgent investment is needed in child-centred and trauma- and family-violence-informed interventions that support children\u2019s recovery and stronger legal protections to prevent children from being weaponised in post-separation coercive control.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.2025.10362","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,1]],"date-time":"2025-09-01T10:49:47Z","timestamp":1756723787000},"page":"300-307","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Childhood experiences of domestic violence and its association with mental disorders and health risk behaviours"],"prefix":"10.1192","volume":"229","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8062-4029","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julie A.","family":"Blake","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The University of Queensland"},{"name":"Children\u2019s Health Queensland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hannah J.","family":"Thomas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Park, Centre for Mental Health"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ben","family":"Mathews","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Queensland University of Technology"},{"name":"Johns Hopkins University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David M.","family":"Lawrence","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Curtin University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Divna M.","family":"Haslam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Park, Centre for Mental Health"},{"name":"The University of Queensland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daryl J.","family":"Higgins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Catholic University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eva","family":"Malacova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Holly E.","family":"Erskine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Park, Centre for Mental Health"},{"name":"The University of Queensland"},{"name":"University of Washington"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James G.","family":"Scott","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The University of Queensland"},{"name":"Children\u2019s Health Queensland"},{"name":"The Park, Centre for Mental Health"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"170","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref48","volume-title":"Adolescent Family Violence in Australia: A National Study of Prevalence, History of Childhood Victimisation and Impacts","author":"Fitz-Gibbon","year":"2022"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref33","volume-title":"R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing","year":"2024"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref42","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5694\/mja2.52135"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref38","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/03616843241269941"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref35","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0004865818760378"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10896-025-00836-x"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chc.2014.01.002"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref36","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5694\/mja2.51877"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref45","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pmed.1001349"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-024-19694-1"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref1","volume-title":"The National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022\u20132032","author":"Sawyer","year":"2022"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13218719.2023.2214927"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref9","unstructured":"9 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Coercive Control) Act 2022, 2022."},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ssmph.2023.101555"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/10778012241280"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/15248380231156197"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/cfs.12210"},{"key":"S0007125025103620_ref25","first-page":"S5","article-title":"The Australian Child Maltreatment Study. 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