The Controversy Concerning the Validity of the Asymmetry Thesis for Physical Partner Violence: A Pilot Study

Sowan-Basheer, Wafa; Winstok, Zeev

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“…A recent study based on a sample from the same population found that in 28% of Muslim couples, the man and/or woman used moderate physical violence. In 7% of religious Jewish couples and in 6% of secular Jewish couples, the man and/or woman used moderate physical violence (Sowan-Basheer & Winstok, 2016). In this study, no significant gender differences were found in the use of moderate physical violence.…”

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Gender Differences in the Motivations for the Use of Sanctions in Conflicts Within Muslim and Jewish Couples

Sowan-Basheer

Winstok

2020

J Interpers Violence

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This study aimed to examine differences between men and women and between Muslims, secular Jews, and religious Jews in their motivations for using sanctions within their intimate relationships. This work involved heterosexual couples from the general population. The sample included 95 Muslim, 68 secular Jewish, and 70 ultra-orthodox Jewish couples (466 participants). The findings of the study show that sanction use during times of conflict is prevalent among the vast majority of couples. Motivations for the use of sanctions are stronger among women than men. In addition, the strongest motivation expressed by both genders was a motivation for conflict resolution. This is the first time that sanctions, as a tactic to cope with conflict, have been addressed in a scholarly manner. This study provides a preliminary estimate of how commonly these types of behaviors are used in intimate relationships. Theoretical and empirical implications of the theoretical framework and the findings are discussed, including the role of the use of sanction in the escalation of intimate partner conflicts.

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Gender Differences in the Motivations for the Use of Sanctions in Conflicts Within Muslim and Jewish Couples

Sowan-Basheer

Winstok

2020

J Interpers Violence

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“…An inclusion of physical violence could provide a broader depiction of the escalatory process, but in the present study would require at least a 10-fold larger sample. The large sample size would be required due to the low rates of partner violence in Israel (about 6% of Israeli Jewish couples have a physically violent relationship; Sowan-Basheer & Winstok, 2016). Still, despite its limitations, this study provides a theoretical, operational, and empirical foundation for future studies to expand on as they examine gender differences in aggressive tendencies throughout the escalatory process in intimate relationships in various (including more conservative) sociocultural contexts.…”

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Gender, Escalatory Tendencies, and Verbal Aggression in Intimate Relationships

Winstok

Smadar-Dror

2018

J Interpers Violence

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This study examined the relationship between gender, escalatory tendencies, and the use of verbal aggression among four types of heterosexual dyads: couples with no verbal aggression, man-only verbal aggression, woman-only verbal aggression, and both-partner verbal aggression. The study was based on a community sample of 65 couples (130 men and women). The findings show that while there is no gender difference in the prevalence and incidence of verbal aggression, there is a difference in the levels of motivation to put one’s partner “in his or her place” and avoid a confrontation with one’s partner. Thus, there is a gender difference in escalatory tendency. This difference is evident in the greater motivation to put one’s partner in his or her place observed among women, as compared with men, and in the lower motivation to avoid confrontation observed among women, as compared with men. Moreover, unlike among men, among women, the motivation to put one’s partner in his place is higher than the motivation to avoid confrontation. It follows that the escalatory tendency among women is greater than the escalatory tendency among men. The findings also demonstrate significant gender differences in motivations and escalatory tendencies within the different types of dyads examined. These findings establish the relationship between escalation and aggression and also provide a glimpse into the mechanisms that sustain that relationship.

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Students’ physical victimization in schools: The role of gender, grade level, socioeconomic background and ethnocultural affiliation

Berkowitz

2020

Children and Youth Services Review

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The Controversy Concerning the Validity of the Asymmetry Thesis for Physical Partner Violence: A Pilot Study

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

Gender Differences in the Motivations for the Use of Sanctions in Conflicts Within Muslim and Jewish Couples

Gender Differences in the Motivations for the Use of Sanctions in Conflicts Within Muslim and Jewish Couples

Gender, Escalatory Tendencies, and Verbal Aggression in Intimate Relationships

Students’ physical victimization in schools: The role of gender, grade level, socioeconomic background and ethnocultural affiliation

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