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Gender and victimization by intimates.

L E Walker, A Browne

    Journal of Personality
    |June 1, 1985
    PubMed
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    Gender influences intimate partner violence experiences, but no specific personality type predicts victimization. Social learning and learned helplessness theories explain how socialization patterns contribute to vulnerability and coping mechanisms in abusive relationships.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Sociology
    • Criminology

    Background:

    • Gender socialization impacts intimate partner violence (IPV) experiences.
    • Women are socialized towards adaptation and submission, potentially hindering self-protection skill development.
    • Men are socialized towards outward aggression, often modeling childhood abuse patterns towards women.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the role of gender socialization in IPV victimization.
    • To explain the development of personality patterns related to IPV.
    • To analyze coping responses of battered women using learned helplessness theory.

    Main Methods:

    • Application of social learning theories (modeling, aggression).
    • Utilizing learned helplessness theory to explain victim responses.

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  • Analysis of extreme cases, such as battered women killing in self-defense.

    • Main Results:

    • No specific personality pattern universally predicts victimization.
    • Socialization processes contribute to gendered vulnerabilities and aggression patterns in IPV.
    • Learned helplessness explains coping mechanisms in severely abusive relationships.

    Conclusions:

    • Gender socialization significantly shapes IPV experiences and perpetration.
    • Understanding these dynamics is crucial for addressing victim vulnerability and responses.
    • Self-defense killings by battered women highlight extreme desperation and reactive behavior to abuse.