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The focus of this study is to examine the effect of family support on perpetrating physical violence. The findings revealed that the actor effect for men (p &lt; 0.05) is statistically significant, meaning that men with less family support perpetuate higher levels of intimate partner violence (IPV). The partner effects for men to women (p &lt; 0.05) is also statistically significant, meaning women with less family support coincide with men\u2019s higher levels of IPV perpetration. Further, the effect of romantic attachment on perpetrating physical violence for men (p = 0.034) is statistically significant, meaning higher levels of romantic attachment towards the female partner coincides with their lower levels of perpetration of IPV. 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