Gender stereotypes and power: Perceptions of the roles in violent marriages

Gerber, Gwendolyn L.

doi:10.1007/bf00289333

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“…Therefore, male students may have more to lose in a student sample than males in a community sample, and so they may inhibit their aggression towards their female partners, as the costs of not doing so are particularly high. Women's IPV is not viewed as negatively as men's and evokes less disapproval (Gerber, 1991), and therefore may attract less third party involvement. Men's inhibition and the costs of IPV perpetration being lower for women than men may instead facilitate women's violence towards her partner (George, 1994), which would result in less male perpetrators and more female perpetrators in a sample such as this.…”

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confidence: 99%

Development and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Non‐Violent and Violent Offending Behavior Scale (NVOBS)

Thornton

Graham‐Kevan

Archer

2013

Aggressive Behavior

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The purpose of this research was to develop a psychometrically sound measure of violent and non-violent offending, suitable for both male and female participants in general (non-forensic) samples. Potential items were selected from existing measures. A sample of 653 British university students completed all items, and their responses were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and validated with confirmatory factor analysis. There were five separate factors (general violence, drug-related offenses, partner violence, theft, and criminal damage), which were confirmed with acceptable fit indices. The five-factor model applied to both males and females. Each subscale demonstrated good internal consistency, with alphas for each factor ranging from moderate to good. This new measure is a potentially valuable research tool for investigating people's involvement in violent and non-violent offending. The importance of examining the psychometric properties of scales, and confirming the category groupings using CFA of the items is outlined. Aggr. Behav. 9999: XX-XX, 2013.

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confidence: 99%

Development and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Non‐Violent and Violent Offending Behavior Scale (NVOBS)

Thornton

Graham‐Kevan

Archer

2013

Aggressive Behavior

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“…abuse involving male victims and female perpetrators). Research comparing male-against-female violence with female-against-male violence has consistently shown a pattern of greater concern for female victims than male victims (see, e.g., Gerber, 1991;Harris & Cook, 1994;Pierce & Harris, 1993). The status of ''victim'' does not seem to apply equally to men and women in domestic abuse situations.…”

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“…Gender role stereotypes regarding power and social roles in intimate relationships could account for these differential perceptions. Compared with men, women tend to be viewed as more helpless and vulnerable (see, e.g., Gerber, 1991). To the extent that such stereotypes influence people's judgments, we would expect people to be more concerned about women who are being victimized and to recommend outside intervention on their behalf.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Researchers have found that mock-juror judgments of heterosexual domestic abuse are affected by the gender of the perpetrator and victim, such that maleagainst-female abuse is generally perceived more negatively than female-againstmale abuse (Feather, 1996;Gerber, 1991;O'Toole & Webster, 1988). Also, women tend to treat domestic abuse more seriously than do men.…”

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Gender and role‐based perceptions of domestic abuse: does sexual orientation matter?

Seelau

Poorman

2003

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Although it is estimated that domestic abuse is as common in gay male and lesbian intimate relationships as in heterosexual relationships, the legal system often fails to recognize or respond to same-gender cases. Empirical research examining the impact of sexual orientation on perceptions of abuse is virtually nonexistent. Undergraduates (N = 252) read a summary of a domestic abuse incident in which victims and perpetrators varied by gender and, by implication, sexual orientation. Victim and respondent gender, rather than the couple's sexual orientation, primarily affected responses to domestic abuse. Domestic abuse perpetrated against women was perceived to be more serious and in need of intervention than abuse against men. Women were more likely than men to believe the victim and to recommend criminal justice system interventions. Because they are inconsistent with gender role stereotypes, domestic abuse cases involving male victims or female perpetrators may not receive equitable treatment within the criminal justice system.

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“…These findings are supported by research. For example, in one study carried out by Gerber [49] the conclusions showed that the male aggressor was perceived to be physically more aggressive than the female aggressor. In another study, Harris and KnightBohnhoff [50] manipulated the sex of the aggressor and the sex of the target across experimental groups using sequences of vignettes that described aggressive interactions to explore whether these variables affected the perception of aggressive behavior.…”

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Adolescents' Predictions of Aggressive Behavioral Patterns in Different Settings

Romero¹

2011

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Few studies have examined adolescents' predictions of aggression involving other adolescents; previous research has focused mainly on studying the perceptions of physical aggression. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore adolescents' predictions of physical, verbal, and indirect aggression in hypothetical scenarios of aggression and to establish any sex differences in these predictions. A total of 653 adolescents aged 14 to 18 participated in the study. The sex of the aggressor and the sex of the target were manipulated, and participants' predictions of the likelihood of aggressive behavioral patterns were measured through the use of a questionnaire. Results showed a significant interaction between the two independent variables. More specifically, results showed that (i) when the aggressor and the target were both males, the subjects more often predicted that the aggressor would use physical and verbal aggression; (ii) when the aggressor and the target were both females, subjects predicted that the aggressor would use more indirect aggression; (iii) males predicted the use of physical aggression more readily when the target was a male; (iv) females predicted the use of verbal and indirect aggression more readily than males when the target was a female; and (v) the situations in which subjects predicted that the aggressor would use more physical, verbal and indirect aggression were when the aggression took place between peers, followed by situations in which aggression took place in a domestic context.

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Gender stereotypes and power: Perceptions of the roles in violent marriages

Cited by 61 publications

References 23 publications

Development and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Non‐Violent and Violent Offending Behavior Scale (NVOBS)

Development and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Non‐Violent and Violent Offending Behavior Scale (NVOBS)

Gender and role‐based perceptions of domestic abuse: does sexual orientation matter?

Adolescents' Predictions of Aggressive Behavioral Patterns in Different Settings

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