The current systematic review aimed to critically examine the growing body of literature proposing that there is an ‘intergenerational cycle’ of violence, whereby victims of abuse during childhood are posited to have a higher propensity of becoming perpetrators during adulthood. Specifically, this review examined whether there is quality evidence supporting the relationship between childhood sexual abuse victimisation and interpersonal violence perpetration (sexual/physical) in adult men. 20 studies published between 1992 and 2022 were included in this review. The quality of studies was systematically assessed to provide a weighted conclusion to the primary research question. Overall, there was limited evidence to confidently support or reject the link between childhood sexual abuse and physical and/or sexual violence in adulthood for men. The current review found that whilst there were studies that found associations on a univariate and multivariate level between childhood sexual abuse and interpersonal violence in adult men, only 25 % of the papers included in this review were deemed high-quality and significant methodological issues limit the validity of conclusions made. Additionally, a sizeable proportion of high-quality studies at both univariate and multivariate levels of analysis suggest mixed results or did not find a significant relationship. Implications for future research studies in this area in terms of the encouragement of a more critical stance towards the assumption of ‘intergenerational cycles’ of violence as well as recommendations for methodological improvements of studies were discussed.

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儿童期性虐待对男性人际暴力的影响：系统评价

当前的系统审查旨在批判性地审查越来越多的文献，这些文献提出存在暴力的“代际循环”，即儿童时期遭受虐待的受害者在成年后更有可能成为施暴者。具体来说，本次审查审查了是否有高质量证据支持成年男性童年性虐待受害与人际暴力（性/身体）暴力之间的关系。本综述纳入了 1992 年至 2022 年间发表的 20 项研究。研究质量经过系统评估，为主要研究问题提供加权结论。总体而言，证据有限，可以自信地支持或拒绝男性童年期性虐待与成年后身体和/或性暴力之间的联系。当前的审查发现，虽然有研究发现成年男性的童年性虐待与人际暴力之间存在单变量和多变量水平的关联，但本次审查中仅 25% 的论文被认为是高质量且重大的方法论问题限制了这一点。所得出结论的有效性。此外，相当大比例的单变量和多变量分析水平的高质量研究表明结果不同或没有发现显着的关系。讨论了该领域未来研究的意义，包括鼓励对暴力“代际循环”的假设采取更批判的立场，以及改进研究方法的建议。