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Male intimate partner violence perpetrators use self-control talk flexibly. They discuss lacking self-control to explain violence and having self-control to explain restraint, managing accountability for their actions.

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  • Self-control is linked to intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration and avoidance.
  • Previous research has not analyzed self-control discourse from a discursive psychological perspective.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the discourses male perpetrators of intimate partner violence use regarding self-control.
  • To analyze the function of talk about self-control in managing accountability for IPV.

Main Methods:

  • Discourse analysis of interviews with six male perpetrators of intimate partner violence.
  • Focus on the function of talk rather than speakers' cognitions.

Main Results:

  • Talk of lacking self-control accounted for IPV incidents.
  • Talk of having self-control accounted for refraining from IPV.
  • Perpetrators simultaneously presented varying levels of self-control within accounts of violence.

Conclusions:

  • Talk about self-control is a flexible discursive device used by perpetrators.
  • Male perpetrators manage accountability for IPV through strategic self-control narratives.