Understanding Gender and Intimate Partner Violence from an International Perspective

Krahé, Barbara; Bieneck, Steffen; Möller, Ingrid

doi:10.1007/s11199-005-4201-0

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“…Therefore, the idea can be urged that victims' require more contact with family or friends than they actually have -for instance because their violent partner forces them to remain silent -which in turn leads to more dissatisfaction about these contacts. Furthermore, concerning the role of gender and education level, inconsistent findings are reported in the overall literature (Krahé et al, 2005). This study showed that psychological violence affected all respondents, regardless of their age or education level.…”

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“…Our Belgian findings are in line with the annual physical and sexual IPV prevalence rates of the Breiding et al (2008) the U.S. population-based survey, yet, they are lower than the general annual IPV prevalence estimates published in the review of Krahé and colleagues (2005), which rely on different sampling and survey methods. More specifically, Krahé et al (2005) included -next to representative samples -clinical and convenience samples which clearly lifted up the prevalence estimates whereas this study only reports on a representative sample, which have been found to detect lower estimates compared to other sorts of samples (Nielsen & Einarsen, 2008). Furthermore, except for the elevated levels of psychological IPV in the present study, our findings are in line with the French national representative survey (Jaspard et al, 2002) measuring IPV in an almost identical way as the present study.…”

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“…Studies on IPV have been conducted in a variety of samples, which can be categorized as clinical samples (i.e., a risk group for IPV victimization/perpetration) or community samples (i.e., a random sample of the general population or a convenience sample based on availability). There is clear evidence that community samples generate lower prevalence rates than clinical samples, which indicates that the latter samples rather measure severe IPV victimization while community samples mainly measure mild and moderate violence (Anderson, 2005;Krahé et al, 2005). Nevertheless, even within community samples studies report great variations in prevalence estimates.…”

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“…When it comes to empirical research findings, mixed results are found in terms of gender (a)symmetries. Some studies report higher physical victimization rates for women, some report similar rates for women and men and some report higher physical victimization rates for men (see Krahé et al, 2005 for a detailed review). A meta-analysis on gender differences in aggression between heterosexual partners (Archer, 2000) found gender symmetry in physical IPV among community samples but found men to be mostly be the perpetrators in samples selected for severe victimization.…”

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“…A surplus value of this study is that prevalence rates were provided for psychological IPV. In general, reviews on the prevalence (Krahé et al, 2005) as well as on the health outcomes of IPV (Coker, 2007) only discuss studies that focused on physical and sexual IPV because of the small number of studies on psychological violence.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates

Hellemans¹,

Buysse²,

Smet³

et al. 2014

Psychologica Belgica

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The last decades, there has been an intensification of research on intimate partner violence (IPV) at both international as well as national levels 1 . Specifically in Belgium, two large representative population-based studies have already been conducted on IPV. The first study dates from 1988 and only analyzed violence against women (Vandewege, Bruynooghe, & Opdebeeck, 1988). The second study was extended to men (Bruynooghe, Nolanders, & Opdebeeck, 1998). As the most recent prevalence rates date from more than ten years ago, the major aim of the current study was to provide up-to-date national IPV prevalence estimates. In addition, this study further expands the knowledge on two topics that have only recently gained more research attention. These include the involvement of men as victims, which still remains a controversial research topic, and the examination of psychological IPV. Alongside registering the occurrence of IPV, we aimed to examine both the individual and relational well-being among IPV victims. Prevalence Research on Intimate Partner ViolenceThe World Health Organization (WHO, 2010) refers to IPV as "behaviour within an intimate relationship that causes physical, Hellemans, S et al. (2014) Research on intimate partner violence (IPV) using national samples is important to guide prevention efforts. However, the latest prevalence estimates for Belgium date from more than ten years ago. Therefore, this study used population-based cross-sectional data (N = 1,472) to assess to what extent adult women and men in Belgium experienced psychological, physical or sexual violence from their current partner in the last year. Next to assessing the association with individual health correlates, we explored the association between IPV and relationship quality. The annual prevalence of physical IPV in a current relationship was 1.3%. Only women experienced sexual IPV (0.3%). Fourteen percent of the respondents reported psychological violence and no differences were noted between women and men. Victims of psychological IPV reported adverse mental health outcomes and the effect was stronger for women than for men. Additionally, psychological victimization was associated with a diminished level of relationship quality, but no gender differences were noted.. Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates. Psychologica Belgica 54(1), 79-96, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334ψ

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Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates

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Smet³

et al. 2014

Psychologica Belgica

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Binge drinking and violence against intimate partners in Russia

Lysova

Hines

2008

Aggressive Behavior

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This study is the first to provide information on the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) and binge drinking among Russian university students. Using data from 500 (58% female) university students from the four Russian sites of the International Dating Violence Study, we found gender differences in rates of IPV perpetration and in the association between binge drinking and IPV. Specifically, more females than males perpetrated IPV, and the associations between binge drinking and IPV were stronger for the female students than for the male students. In addition, antisocial traits and behavior (ATSB) were significantly related to both binge drinking and IPV perpetration for males and females. For males, the relatively weak associations between binge drinking and IPV perpetration disappeared once ASTB was accounted for. For females, the relationship decreased but remained significant when ATSB was statistically controlled. Path analyses confirmed that this pattern of relationships would be consistent with ATSB serving as a partial mediator between binge drinking and IPV perpetration. However, other alternative mediation and moderation models for the relationships between binge drinking, IPV perpetration, and ATSB could not be ruled out with this one-wave correlational study.

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Blaming the Messenger for the Bad News about Partner Violence by Women: The Methodological, Theoretical, and Value Basis of the Purported Invalidity of the Conflict Tactics Scales

Straus

2012

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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More than 200 studies have found "gender symmetry" in perpetration of violence against a marital or dating partner in the sense that about the same percent of women as men physically assault a marital or dating partner. Most of these studies obtained the data using the Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS). However, these results have been challenged by numerous articles in the past 25 years that have asserted that the CTS is invalid. This article identifies and responds to 11 purported methodological problems of the CTS, and two other bases for the belief that the CTS is not valid. The discussion argues that the repeated assertion over the past 25 years that the CTS is invalid is not primarily about methodology. Rather it is primarily about theories and values concerning the results of research showing gender symmetry in perpetration. According to the prevailing "patriarchal dominance" theory, these results cannot be true and therefore the CTS must be invalid. The conclusion suggests that an essential part of the effort to prevent and treat violence against women and by women requires taking into account the dyadic nature of partner violence through use of instruments such as the CTS that measure violence by both partners.

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Understanding Gender and Intimate Partner Violence from an International Perspective

Cited by 97 publications

References 57 publications

Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates

Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates

Binge drinking and violence against intimate partners in Russia

Blaming the Messenger for the Bad News about Partner Violence by Women: The Methodological, Theoretical, and Value Basis of the Purported Invalidity of the Conflict Tactics Scales

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