Power and violence: The relation between communication patterns, power discrepancies, and domestic violence.

Babcock, Julia C.; Waltz, Jennifer; Jacobson, Neil S.; Gottman, John M.

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.61.1.40

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“…For instance, such an explanation cannot account for the empirical findings that all abuse rates are higher in lesbian relationships vs heterosexual relationships (Lie, Schilit, Bush, Montague, & Reyes, 1991), that abuse rates are actually lower in patriarchal cultures (Campbell, 1992), and that there is no linear association between dyadic power within the relationship and wife assault (Coleman & Straus, 1985). In fact, as Coleman and Straus (1985) point out, only about 9% of men are "power dominant" within the relationship, thus supporting the assertion by some researchers (e.g., Babcock, Waltz, Jacobson, & Gottman, 1993) that male intimate abusiveness is more strongly associated with perceived powerlessness rather than with power maintenance.…”

Section: Etiological Theories Of Male Intimate Abusivenesssupporting

confidence: 61%

Testing a Social-Cognitive Model of Intimate Abusiveness Among Substance-Dependent Males

Copenhaver

2000

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Throughout history, the human race has been characterized by the use of physical and emotional aggression by individuals, particularly males, in their intimate relationships. Intimate abusiveness is particularly common among substance dependent males. As a result of male intimate abusiveness, victims suffer a variety of problems ranging from emotional trauma to death due to physical injury. Despite increased attention to this problem, our understanding of the process leading to intimate abusiveness is far from comprehensive. The primary purpose of the present study was to expand our understanding of intimate abusiveness through the application of a social-cognitive model of intimate abusiveness among substance dependent males.Fifty-seven males from an inpatient substance abuse treatment program participated. Subjects completed questionnaires indicating their level of intimate abusiveness. In addition, they completed partner-related attribution measures as well as coping response measures indicating how they would interpret and handle five ambiguous vignettes involving their partner.It was hypothesized that violent men would attribute greater negative intent and responsibility to their partner and that they would choose to handle the ambiguous vignettes in less competent ways compared with non-violent men. Further, it was predicted that the association between intimate abusiveness and competency of coping responses would be mediated by attributions made about the partner. Results of the study generally supported predictions. The implications of the results are discussed as well as suggestions for future research.

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Section: Etiological Theories Of Male Intimate Abusivenesssupporting

confidence: 61%

Testing a Social-Cognitive Model of Intimate Abusiveness Among Substance-Dependent Males

Copenhaver

2000

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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“…24 Poor communication skills in the husbands predicted husband to wife violence in a community sample of violent married men. 25 However, poor communication skills in the wives did not correlate significantly with their husbands' violence. Violent men offer less competent social responses compared with nonviolent men when asked to solve vignettes 17 and show less facilitative and more aversive behavior.…”

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“…27 Likewise, a power discrepancy in a marriage in which the husband is subordinate is a risk factor for husband to wife violence. 25 In this study, the wife's educational advantage was related to the husband's lower perception of his own decision-making power and to greater violence. 25 …”

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confidence: 98%

“…25 In this study, the wife's educational advantage was related to the husband's lower perception of his own decision-making power and to greater violence. 25 …”

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“…28 Husbands may express ambivalence about closeness 29 and use a demand withdrawal pattern to regulate intimacy. 18,25 Relationships characterized by hostility and detachment have greatest physical aggression, and hostile detached couples are more likely to have conflictual families and children with behavior problems than hostile or conflict-engaging couples. 30 These descriptions provide a great deal of descriptive information about different aspects of the functioning of the couple's relationship but do not give information about the relationship as a whole, specifically about the general functioning of a couple.…”

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Family Functioning in Suicidal Inpatients With Intimate Partner Violence

Heru

Stuart²,

Recupero³

2007

Prim. Care Companion J. Clin. Psychiatry

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413Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 2007;9(6) to inpatient psychiatric units. 3 It is important to recognize that IPV is no longer considered primarily a situation with a male batterer and a female victim. Many community and clinical studies have found that IPV is often bidirectional, where each partner is both an aggressor and a victim of IPV. The U.S. National Comorbidity Survey revealed rates of violence of 6.5% for females and 5.5% for males. 4 A meta-analysis of 82 studies including both community and clinical samples found that more women than men reported physical aggression in their relationships. 5 In an outpatient sample of couples seeking marital therapy, 64% of wives and 61% of husbands were classified as aggressive. 6 In 272 engaged couples, both women (44%) and men (31%) reported physical violence toward their partners. 7 Intimate partner violence is associated with individual psychopathology, with rates of 54% to 68% for major depressive disorders and rates of 50% to 75% for posttraumatic stress disorder in female victims, 8,9 and excessive alcohol use. 10-14 Women arrested for IPV have high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, substance use disorders, borderline personality disorder, and antisocial personality disorder. 15 Intimate partner violence is also associated with family pathology. A brief review of the current literature of family dysfunction and IPV follows. Included are the results of a previous study examining family functioning across many dimensions, 3 which was carried out by the authors. In this previous study, high rates of IPV were associated with poor family functioning. 3 The current study describes a subsequent analysis of this same sample of inpatients. The current analysis provides in-depth information about the relationship between IPV and family functioning. PROBLEM SOLVINGMale perpetrators show poorer problem-solving behavior in both community samples 16 and court-referred samples 17,18 Court-referred male batterers also blame and show contempt for their partners during problem-solving Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is commonly bidirectional with both partners perpetrating and being victims of aggressive behaviors. In these couples, family dysfunction is reported across a broad range of family functions: communication, intimacy, problem solving, expression or control of anger, and designation of relationship roles. This study reports on the perceived family functioning of suicidal inpatients.Method: In this descriptive, cross-sectional study of adult suicidal inpatients, participants completed assessments of recent IPV and family functioning. Recruited patients were between 18 and 65 years of age and English fluent, had suicidal ideation, and were living with an intimate partner for at least the past 6 months. Intimate partner violence was assessed using the Conflict Tactics Scale-Revised, and family functioning was measured using the McMaster Family Assessment Device. The study was conducted ...

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Battering and the male rejection of influence from women

Coan¹,

Gottman²,

Babcock³

et al. 1997

Aggr. Behav.

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The propensity of men to reject influence from women and individual differences in this tendency were examined in the present report as potentially related to two types of domestically violent men. We operationalized rejection of influence in sequential analyses of emotional behavior during a 15 min marital interaction. In our previous research, we identified two types of batterers: Type-1, whose heart rates decelerated below baseline during the marital interaction; and Type-2, whose heart rates accelerated. We found that only Type-1 husbands reject any and all influence from their wives. We postulate that Type-1 batterers reject influence as a means of maintaining power and control.

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Power and violence: The relation between communication patterns, power discrepancies, and domestic violence.

Cited by 282 publications

References 37 publications

Testing a Social-Cognitive Model of Intimate Abusiveness Among Substance-Dependent Males

Testing a Social-Cognitive Model of Intimate Abusiveness Among Substance-Dependent Males

Family Functioning in Suicidal Inpatients With Intimate Partner Violence

Battering and the male rejection of influence from women

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