Intimate Partner Violence: Controlling Behavior and Triggers of Aggression

Abstract

It is necessary to better understand the context in which intimate partner violence occurs. This study aimed to examine the occurrence of physical violence between intimate partners, based on the reports of women involved in these situations, by identifying the circumstances in which the physical violence occurs and the presence of controlling behavior in these relationships. We conducted a community survey using probabilistic sampling (144 women), administering the following instruments: socio-demographic questionnaire, CTS2, AUDIT. Fifty-seven women of our sample reported episodes of physical violence and were invited to participate in a semi-structured qualitative interview. Most of the reports obtained in the interviews did not confirm the episodes of physical violence initially identified by the scale, showing disagreements between the research instruments. Personal characteristics of the perpetrator of the violence, male alcohol use and aspects of the affective relationship were identified as important triggers of intimate partner violence. Controlling behaviors in combination with physical violence revealed varying degrees of domination occurring in the dyads.

Examining Men’s and Women’s Experiences of Bi-directional Aggression with an Intimate Partner of the Opposite Binary Sex

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O Mundo Sombrio das Mulheres Vítimas de Violência: Uma Análise Qualitativa dos Boletins de Ocorrência

“…Diferenciar as ameaças de morte como categoria de análise traduz a gravidade dessas violências, fato que deveria ser reconhecido e interpretado pelos profissionais dos serviços da rede de enfrentamento à violência a partir de seu contexto e construção sociocultural reforçando a segurança das mulheres e garantindo um direito fundamentala vida (Vieira e Hasse, 2016). Características pessoais do autor da violência, como o consumo de álcool masculino e aspectos do relacionamento afetivo foram identificados como disparadores das agressões entre parceiros, descrito por Bhona et al (2020). Não há uma homogeneidade da violência psicológica ou ameaça à vida, mas a característica predominante do agressor está no controle coercitivo ou comportamentos de controle.…”