Objectives: The emotional abuse of men by their partners has been acknowledged as an important form of partner abuse in domestic violence research. There is dearth of psychological research on alleged emotional abuse of males by their intimate partners. Methodology: The sample comprised of 150 heterosexual males (equal number of married and unmarried) in an intimate relationship aged 18-35 years. Emotional Abuse Questionnaire (EAQ; Gottman & Gottman, 2009) and Impact of Event Scale (Weiss & Marmar, 1997) were used.Results: Analysis of data showed that the intimate partner emotional abuse and PTSD were significantly correlated in both groups of males. The participants who were unmarried reported higher PTSD symptoms and emotional abuse than married men. Conclusion: Men who alleged to be the victims of intimate partner emotional abuse had higher symptoms of PTSD.
Objectives: The purpose of the current research was to study the intimate partner emotional abuse as a form of IPV victimization in India and also was to examine how gender and age effects the alleged intimate partner emotional abuse. Methodology: Initially a sample of 500 hundred heterosexual males and females were contacted. Sample of total 300 hundred was selected based on the inclusion criteria. The sample was further categorized into 150 hundred males and 150 hundred females. Each of these groups was further divided with 75 in each subgroups of age I (30-35 years), and age II (35-40 years). Emotional Abuse Questionnaire (EAQ; Gottman & Gottman, 2009) was used. Results: 2 x 2 ANOVA revealed significant main effect of gender (F (1, 592) = 22.10, p < 0.01), and non-significant main effect of age. Mean scores on gender revealed that females (M = 251.23) were higher than males (M =241.86) on perceived intimate partner emotional abuse. Conclusion: The results of present study revealed that females were higher than males on perceived intimate partner emotional abuse but there are increasing numbers of men who are reporting to be victims of perceived intimate partner abuse.
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