A Typology of Women's Use of Violence in Intimate Relationships

Swan, Suzanne C.; Snow, David L.

doi:10.1177/10778010222183071

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“…Intentional injuries may have been under-reported due to the sensitivity and complexity of the topic. Social desirability could have led to under-reporting of injuries related to violence as documented in other studies (Swan & Snow, 2002).…”

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Injuries in Khartoum state, the Sudan: a household survey of incidence and risk factors

Tayeb

Abdalla²,

Mørkve

et al. 2013

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

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Injuries in Khartoum state, the Sudan: a household survey of incidence and risk factors

Tayeb

Abdalla²,

Mørkve

et al. 2013

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

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“…Although most research on emotional aggression has focused on female victims, consistent gender differences have not been found (Coker, et al, 2002;Hamby & Sugarman, 1999;Hines & Saudino, 2003;Swan & Snow, 2002). Furthermore, similar to physical aggression, emotional aggression is often bidirectional (Hines & Saudino, 2003;Swan & Snow, 2002). Although the perpetration of emotional and physical aggression is highly correlated (Hamby & Sugarman, 1999;Hines & Saudino, 2003;Murphy & O'Leary, 1989), little is known about the trajectory of emotional aggression over time, and whether it follows a similar pattern as physical aggression.…”

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Trajectories of Physical and Emotional Marital Aggression in Midlife Couples

Vickerman¹,

Margolin²

2008

Violence Vict

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This study uses three-level generalized Hierarchical Linear Modeling to examine trajectories of husbands' and wives' physical and emotional aggression over three assessments and the effects of years since marriage. In this community sample of 118 couples, physical aggression significantly decreased over time (43% per year). Emotional aggression did not significantly change over time, but trajectories significantly differed for husbands (3% increase) versus wives (10% decrease). Longer duration marriages had lower physical aggression and, for wives only, lower emotional aggression. Aggression trajectories showed considerable variability: 44-55% of physically aggressive spouses desisted from one assessment to the next; 5-12% reported start-ups in physical aggression. Discussion addresses the role of gender and type of aggression in aggression trajectories. Keywordsintimate partner violence; psychological aggression; spousal abuse; growth curve analysis; longitudinal change Data on the prevalence, incidence, and seriousness of intimate partner violence call attention to the importance of understanding trajectories of partner violence. Estimates indicate 25% of women and 8% of men are physically assaulted or raped by an intimate partner at some time during their life (Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). Other samples reveal that as many as 21% of couples report intimate physical aggression each year (McDonald, Jouriles, Ramisetty-Mikler, Caetano, & Green, 2006). Research has shown that intimate relationship aggression has deleterious mental and physical health consequences for women (Bonomi et al, 2006;Coker, et al., 2002;Loxton, Schofield, & Hussain, 2006), as well as some negative health consequences for men (Coker, et al., 2002;Simonelli & Ingram, 1998;Taft et al, 2006). Assessments of intimate physical aggression based on lifetime incidence or 12-month prevalence data fail to capture the variability in partner aggression across time, particularly for couples in long-term relationships. The present study examines husbands' and wives' use of relationship aggression over three time points, providing information about the stability and trajectory of aggression, while calling attention to the potential fallibility of defining a couple as aggressive based on one time point. The study also examines the impact of years since marriage on aggression trajectories, thereby accounting for stage in relationship development on aggression.Although female victims are often the focus of intimate violence research, the considerable rates of aggression towards men (e.g. Archer, 2000) suggest the need to evaluate both male and female aggression. Clearly women suffer more severe consequences due to partner Address correspondence to: Katrina Vickerman, Department of Psychology, SGM 930, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90089-1061 or email: E-mail: vickerma@usc.edu. (Archer, 2000;Holtzworth-Munroe, Smutzler, & Bates, 1997) and the context of and motivations for female perpetrated aggression may be different (Swan & Snow, ...

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“…They identified two groups: generally violent and partner only. Swan and Snow (2002) interviewed women and asked them about both their and their partner's aggression. They identified three types of relationships: women as victims (34%), women as aggressors (12%), and mixed relationships (50%).…”

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Typological approaches to violence in couples: A critique and alternative conceptual approach

Capaldi

Kim

2007

Clinical Psychology Review

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Typological approaches have become highly influential in research on violence in couples, and yet issues related to such approaches have not been well addressed. We review the utility of batterer typologies, both for clinical applications and for understanding violence in couples. The principal types of batterer typologies are discussed, along with a number of issues that might limit their utility for explaining the etiology and developmental course of partner violence in couples. We propose a dyadic model of couples' aggression, and we explain ways that such a model provides better conceptualization of the development of the couples' violence over time, including issues of persistence and desistance of violence, and that can help inform prevention and treatment.

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A Typology of Women's Use of Violence in Intimate Relationships

Cited by 91 publications

References 20 publications

Injuries in Khartoum state, the Sudan: a household survey of incidence and risk factors

Injuries in Khartoum state, the Sudan: a household survey of incidence and risk factors

Trajectories of Physical and Emotional Marital Aggression in Midlife Couples

Typological approaches to violence in couples: A critique and alternative conceptual approach

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