Factors Contributing to Intimate Partner Violence among Men in Kerala, India

Intimate Partner Violence: The Predictive Power of Experiences in the Family of Origin and of Personality Disorder Traits

“…In the present study, the physical violence committed by men was explained by the pathological personality trait of aggressiveness and by paternal physical abuse, which was the strongest variable. This fact is in agreement with the litera-ture that identifi es abusive childhood experiences as predictors of marital violence committed by men (Fang & Corso, 2007, 2008Fergusson et al, 2008), capable of explaining such behavior better than other variables do (Jin et al, 2014). Such a fi nding is consonant with authors who pinpoint physical abuse as the principal predictor (Alexander, Moore, & Alexander, 1991;Fergusson et al, 2008) and is contrary to those who point to sexual abuse (Fang & Corso, 2007, 2008.…”

“…Among such experiences, incidents involving abuse are studied the most. Several studies have transformed estimates of physical, sexual and emotional abuse into a single, general measurement of adverse childhood experiences and have linked this variable to the perpetration of intimate partner violence (Jin, Doukas, Beiting, & Viksman, 2014;Mair, Cunradi, & Todd, 2012;McKinney, Caetano, Ramisetty-Mikler, & Nelson, 2009;Roberts, McLaughlin, Conron, & Koenen, 2011). Specifi cally pinpointing each particular incident of abuse during childhood, other studies have revealed connections that are more specifi c, yet controversial.…”

“…Furthermore, one observes the possibility of a direct connection between such experiences and intimate partner violence in the case of men. (Fergusson, 2011;Jin et al, 2014). Here, "direct connection" refers to the inexistence of other variables infl uencing the connection, whereas "indirect connection" would denote the existence of such variables.…”

Violência conjugal: o poder preditivo das experiências na família de origem e das características patológicas da personalidade

“…Destas experiências, as de abuso são as mais investigadas. Alguns estudos transformaram as medidas de abuso físico, sexual e emocional em uma única medida de experiências adversas na infância e identifi caram associação da variável com a perpetração da violência conjugal (Jin, Doukas, Beiting, & Viksman, 2014;Mair, Cunradi, & Todd, 2012;McKinney, Caetano, Ramisetty-Mikler, & Nelson, 2009;Roberts, McLaughlin, Conron, & Koenen, 2011). Outros estudos, que identifi caram especifi camente cada experiência de abuso na infância, indicaram associações mais específi cas, porém controversas.…”

“…Além disso, observa-se que a relação destas experiências com a violência conjugal pode ter um caminho direto no caso dos homens. (Fergusson, 2011;Jin et al, 2014). Caminho direto refere-se ao fato de que não existem outras variáveis mediando a relação, enquanto que caminho indireto refere-se à existência de variáveis mediando.…”