ABSTRACT
This study examined 145 men to determine if the childhood/adolescent relationship they had with their fathers could predict female intimate violence in adulthood. A non-violent group of men was compared to a domestically violent group. The study measured adult men's perceptions of their emotional relationships with their fathers and the ways in which their fathers were involved with them as children. There were significant demographic differences between the two groups in age, education, marital status, and the father's educational level. Results indicated that the only significant differences in self-reported measures of fathering were negative types of paternal engagement. Using logistic regression, a set of independent variables, including witnessing marital violences, paternal child abuse, low self-esteem, and education, correctly classified 86% of the violent men. There was a significant relationship between men's emotional relationship with their fathers and self-esteem.