Disproportionately high: an exploration of intimate partner violence prevalence rates for bisexual people

ABSTRACTIn 2010, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control conducted the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. Their findings indicated that bisexual people, with some variance across gender identity, were more likely than any other sexual orientation to experience intimate partner violence (IPV). In keeping with these findings, this study conducted an exploratory analysis to explain these disparities, including the relationships between IPV and stereotypes about bisexuality and subscription to bi-negative attitudes, with a closer examination of relationship identity as monogamous or open; perceived infidelity in the relationship, given the prevalence of the stereotypes regarding promiscuity; and the complexity between the stereotype and the lived experience of polyamory or open relationships of many bisexual people. A convenience sample of bisexual people (n = 439) was solicited via Facebook groups and MTurk. Using path analyses, perpetrator bi-negativity and perceived or real...