“…Some of the most widely recognised theories include socio-cultural theories, i.e., feminist theory (Dobash and Dobash, 1977;Walker, 1984;Yllo, 1988), power theory (Straus, 1976;Straus, 1977) and social learning theory (Bandura, 1971;Bandura, 1973). Psychological perspectives in theories of IPV have focused on the various factors that affect the individual perpetrator (or the victim) such as psychopathology and personality (e.g., Dutton, 2006;Ehrensaft et al, 2006); attachment issues (e.g., Bartholomew and Horowitz, 1991;Fraley and Shaver, 2000); anger/hostility (e.g., Baron et al, 2007;Holtzworth-Munroe and Rehman, 2000); self-esteem (e.g., Murphy et al, 2005;Papadakaki et al, 2009); and substance and alcohol abuse (e.g., Boles and Miotto, 2003;Fals-Stewart, 2003).…”