Personality Profiles of Women and Men Arrested for Domestic Violence

Simmons, Catherine A.; Lehmann, Peter; Cobb, Norman H.; Fowler, Carol

doi:10.1300/j076v41n04_03

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“…The literature supports this finding. A number of studies suggest that narcissists tend to commit violence in man-woman and family relationships, and narcissism is positively correlated with being the offender of the violence (Hamberger & Hastings, 1990;Beasley & Stoltenberg, 1992;Craig, 2003;Simmons, Lehmann, Cobb & Fowler, 2005, as cited in Ryan, Weikel & Sprechini, 2008;Carton & Egan, 2017;Okuda et al, 2015). Considering the positive correlation between being the offender and the attitude towards the violence, it can be expressed that this study is consistent with the literature.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Undergraduates’ Attitudes toward Dating Violence: Its Relationship with Sexism and Narcissism

Erdem¹,

Şahin²

2017

IJHE

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In this research, whether the undergraduates' attitude levels towards the dating violence differed in terms of gender, dating relationship status, being exposed to the dating violence and resorting to the dating violence was investigated. The sample of the study was composed of 1171 undergraduates. In the research, "The Attitudes toward Dating Violence Scales, Ambivalent Sexism Scale, Ambivalence toward Men Scale, Narcissistic Personality Inventory, and Personal Information Form" were used as the data collection tools. In conclusion, significant differences were determined in the university students' attitudes towards the dating violence according to the different demographic variables (gender, dating relationship status, being exposed to the dating violence and resorting to the dating violence). Moreover, university students' attitudes towards dating violence were determined to positively and significantly correlate with their ambivalence sexism levels. Ambivalence toward men was determined to positively and significantly correlate with their attitudes towards dating violence. In addition, university students' narcissistic personality traits were found to positively and significantly correlate with their attitudes towards dating violence.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Undergraduates’ Attitudes toward Dating Violence: Its Relationship with Sexism and Narcissism

Erdem¹,

Şahin²

2017

IJHE

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“…The conviction that wives use violence towards their partners only when they are directly threatened with the latter's aggression, should already be classified as a social stereotype. The studies of Straus (2003), Stuart et al, (2006), Simmons et al, (2005), Caldwell, Swan, Allen, Sullivan, & Snow (2009) report that motive are similar for both sexes, and both most often strive at getting control over the partner, as well as forcing the partner to behave in a desired way, and punishing for not being loyal.…”

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“…It plays a very significant role in intimate, partner, and family relationships. Results of studies concerning type of violence offenders (Dutton 2001, Holtzworth-Munroe 2003, Rode 2010a, Rode, & Marganski, 2014 indicate that particularly the offenders who have psychopathic personality organization, are distinguished by low emotional sensitivity, do not experience emotional tension nor sense of guilt; generally, as has been indicated by Simmons, Lehmann et al (2005), Dutton (2001) male violence offenders are diagnosed to have low level of empathy and sense of guilt.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Results of studies indicate that individuals (women, men) with insecure attachment style demonstrate inclinations to perceive their partners as not available, unreliable, and incredible. Studies on female domestic violence offenders demonstrated a common pattern of psychopathological traits within personality (Simmons, Lehmann, Cobb, & Fowler, 2005;Stuart et al, 2006).…”

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Psychosocial characteristics of men and women as perpetrators of domestic violence

Rode¹,

Rode²,

Januszek³

2015

Polish Psychological Bulletin

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The presented study aims to compare men and women (N = 227), perpetrators of domestic violence in terms of psychosocial characteristics, present conditions of socialization in which the perpetrator grew and the motives for committing violent act against partners. The population of violence offenders under study and its sub-groups (women and men) did not differ from the norm group in terms of personality traits and temperament. The differences were noticed only in two KSP scales: secure style and avoidance style. The comparison of women and men revealed differences, in three variables: openness for experience, emotional intelligence and avoidance-ambivalence style. Moreover, study showed that despite the good relationship between the subjects’ parents, some perpetrators suffered violence from the loved ones. It should be noted that women were more affected by physical and psychological aggression in childhood. Analysis of motives to commit acts of violence indicated that they are associated with three factors: advantage over your partner, influence and control.

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“…Simmons, Lehmann, Cobb, & Fowler (2005) compared court-referred male and female offenders and found that 71% of the females versus 26% of the males showed clinically significant elevations on at least one of the subscales measuring personality psychopathology. These women scored higher on the Histrionic, Narcissistic, and Compulsive subscales, and scored lower on the Dependent subscale.…”

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Personality Disorders, Types of Violence, and Stress Responses in Female Who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence

Spidel¹,

Greaves²,

Nicholls³

et al. 2013

PSYCH

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Few studies have examined characteristics and correlates of females who display assaultive behaviours towards their intimate partners. Personality disorders, anger responses, type of violence perpetrated, and post-traumatic stress reactions in female perpetrated intimate violence are important factors in diagnosis, management, and treatment considerations. The present study examined the incidence of cluster B personality disorder traits in a non-clinical sample of self-identified females who perpetrate intimate partner violence (IPV). Results suggest differences in anger responses, nature and severity of violence perpetrated, and post-traumatic stress reactions across personality disorder categories. The numerous important applied implications and future research directions are discussed.

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Personality Profiles of Women and Men Arrested for Domestic Violence

Cited by 51 publications

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Undergraduates’ Attitudes toward Dating Violence: Its Relationship with Sexism and Narcissism

Undergraduates’ Attitudes toward Dating Violence: Its Relationship with Sexism and Narcissism

Psychosocial characteristics of men and women as perpetrators of domestic violence

Personality Disorders, Types of Violence, and Stress Responses in Female Who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence

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