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Peggy C Giordano1, Jennifer E Copp1, Monica A Longmore1
1Department of Sociology and Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403.
Journal of Family Violence
|March 1, 2016
Summary
Intimate partner violence (IPV) involves both respondent and partner control, not just anger. Emotional processes and control attempts significantly predict perpetration, regardless of gender, highlighting relationship dynamics in IPV.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Criminology
Background:
- Intimate partner violence (IPV) is often conceptualized as a power and control dynamic rather than solely anger-driven.
- Previous research has examined controlling behaviors of either the respondent or their partner, but not interactively.
- An interactionist perspective suggests that mutual control and emotional processes are key to understanding IPV perpetration.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between respondent and partner control attempts and emotional processes in intimate partner violence.
- To test the hypothesis that both respondent and partner control are significantly related to reporting IPV perpetration.
- To examine gender differences in the relationship and emotional processes associated with IPV.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal study analyzing interview data from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (n = 928).
- Data collected at waves 1 and 5, focusing on adolescent and young adult relationships.
- Statistical analyses controlled for traditional predictors of IPV.
Main Results:
- Both respondent and partner control attempts significantly predicted the odds of reporting IPV perpetration.
- Measures of anger, including relationship-based anger, also contributed significantly to IPV perpetration.
- These patterns of control and anger predicting IPV were consistent across genders.
Conclusions:
- IPV perpetration is linked to both respondent and partner control attempts and emotional processes.
- The findings support an interactionist perspective on IPV, emphasizing mutual influence.
- Similarities in the relationship and emotional dynamics underlying IPV were observed between men and women.
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