Situational determinants in intimate partner violence

Wilkinson, Deanna L.; Hamerschlag, Susan J.

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2004.05.001

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“…The fact that most of generalist batterers of the study had been convicted for crimes related to drug traffic (around 75% of generalist batterers), which tend to be linked to drug use and abuse, might explain this finding. Also, alcohol and substance dependence has been regarded to partner violence (Wilkinson & Hamerschlag, 2005). Both alcohol and substance dependence may exert their influence at the social, economic, and relational level, thereby increasing the stress in the relationship and the likelihood of partner violence.…”

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“…The presence of alcohol and substance dependence has been consistently reported as an important correlate of both general aggression and partner violence (Wilkinson & Hamerschlag, 2005, for a review of studies) both at the time of a violent incident or as a distal correlate. In their meta-analysis of studies on the link between alcohol abuse and partner violence, Foran and O'Leary (2008) found a small to moderate effect size for the association between men alcohol abuse and partner violence.…”

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Generalists versus specialists: Toward a typology of batterers in prison

Herrero

Torres

Fernández-Suárez

et al. 2016

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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a b s t r a c tIn this study we apply the versatile/specialist offender debate to the research of intimate partner violence. We propose the existence of two types of imprisoned male batterers: the generalist and the specialist batterer. The individual, family, and community characteristics of these types of batterers are further explored in 110 imprisoned males in the Penitentiary of Villabona (Spain). As for the individual characteristics, results indicate that the generalist batterer present higher levels of psychopathology (specially antisocial and borderline personality), sexist attitudes, and substance dependence. Specialist batterers presented higher levels of conflict in their family of origin. Finally, generalist batterers reported coming from more socially disordered communities and showed lower levels of participation and integration in these communities than the specialist batterer. These results suggest that the classical distinctions among batterers based on psychopathology and context of violence (whether general or family only) might be of little utility when applied to imprisoned male batterers. Generalistas frente a especialistas: hacia una tipología de maltratadores encarceladosPalabras clave: Maltratador Encarcelado Tipología Psicopatología Comunidad Familia Historia delictiva r e s u m e n En este estudio aplicamos el debate del delincuente versátil/especialista a la investigación de la violencia de pareja. Proponemos que hay dos tipos de maltratadores masculinos en prisión: el generalista y el especialista. Se profundiza en la exploración de las características familiares, individuales y comunitarias de ambos tipos de maltratadores en 110 varones encarcelados en la prisión de Villabona (España). Sobre las características individuales los resultados indican que el maltratador generalista tiene niveles elevados de psicopatología (sobre todo personalidad antisocial y límite), actitudes sexistas y dependencia de sustancias. Los maltratadores especialistas tenían niveles elevados de conflicto con la familia de origen. Por último, los maltratadores generalistas afirmaban que procedían de comunidades más desestructuradas socialmente que los maltratadores especialistas. Estos resultados indican que la distinción clásica entre maltratadores según la psicopatología y el contexto de la violencia (únicamente la general o familiar) pudiera ser poco útil en el caso de los maltratadores masculinos encarcelados. In the last decades, the study of typologies of batterers has provided empirical evidence on the heterogeneous nature of partner violence and has pointed out how typologies could be of help in identifying different etiological mechanisms of partner violence (Capaldi & Kim, 2007). In their influential review, * Corresponding author. Despacho 233. Plaza Feijoo s/n. 33003 Oviedo, Spain.E-mail address: olaizola@uniovi.es (J. Herrero). Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart (1994) proposed that batterers might be classified along three dimensions: (a) severity and frequency of marital violence, (b) generality of ...

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Generalists versus specialists: Toward a typology of batterers in prison

Herrero

Torres

Fernández-Suárez

et al. 2016

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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“…Although the instigators we discuss below vary on many dimensions, they all function primarily by normatively triggering an urge to aggress rather than by preparing people to experience a powerful urge to aggress when confronting a particular instigator in a particular situation or by disinhibiting an extant urge. IPV scholars have conducted little empirical work to map the domain of instigating triggers, largely because they "rarely examine domestic violence events per se" (Wilkinson & Hamerschlag, 2005), instead emphasizing dispositional or sociocultural factors. Although the suggestion that the victim plays any role in increasing or decreasing the likelihood of violence is anathema to some sociocultural perspectives and certainly delicate from any perspective, empirical evidence leaves little doubt that victim characteristics (e.g., hostility) and behaviors (e.g., initiating violence) are crucial predictors of the likelihood of IPV victimization (e.g., Leonard & Senchak, 1996;Murphy & Eckhardt, 2005;Straus, 1993).…”

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Intimate Partner Violence

Finkel

Eckhardt

2013

Oxford Handbooks Online

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Scholars have identified many dozens of risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration, but they have been less successful at establishing the processes through which these risk factors promote IPV perpetration and at elucidating the interplay among the corpus of established risk factors. The present chapter reviews this sprawling, unruly literature from the perspective of I 3 theory (pronounced "I-cubed theory"), a novel framework designed to impose theoretical coherence on IPV risk factors and to stimulate new research. I 3 theory identifies three processes through which risk factors promote IPV perpetration: instigation , which encompasses discrete situational events that normatively trigger an urge to aggress; impellance , which encompasses factors that alter individuals' "urge-readiness" at the moment they encounter instigation; and inhibition , which encompasses the counteraction to the urge to aggress. IPV perpetration is most likely, and most severe, when instigating and impelling forces are strong and inhibiting forces are weak.

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“…However, it is important to further understand this pattern because verbal aggression and other relationship conflicts frequently escalate to other forms of domestic aggression (Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart 1994; Babcock et al 2004;Wilkinson and Hamerschlag 2005;Testa et al 2011). Verbal aggression may escalate to physical violence if at least one member of the couple has deficient communication or problem-solving capabilities, which may contribute to the perception that violence is the only effective method of conflict resolution (Wilkinson and Hamerschlag 2005). Reducing aggression that escalates to violence is especially important among families with young children due to the significant co-occurrence between intimate partner violence and child abuse (Slep and O'leary 2005).…”

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Perpetration and Victimization of Intimate Partner Aggression Among Rural Mothers

Schwab‐Reese

Harland

Smithart

2015

Violence and Gender

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Intimate partner aggression is a leading cause of injury among women of child-bearing age. Research suggests that pregnancy and the postpartum period are times of increased vulnerability to aggression. Since rural women are at an increased risk of intimate partner aggression, research is needed to examine the role of pregnancy and the presence of children on intimate partner aggression among this vulnerable population. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between young children and intimate partner aggression victimization and perpetration among a rural sample. This analysis utilized data from biologic females of child-bearing age from the Keokuk County Rural Health Study, a cohort study of over 1,000 rural families conducted from 1994 to 2011. Crude and adjusted logistic regression was used to determine the relationship between having a young child and experiencing four forms of intimate partner aggression: verbal aggression perpetration, verbal aggression victimization, physical aggression perpetration, and physical aggression victimization. Having young children was significantly associated with increased odds of perpetrating verbal aggression but not victimization of verbal aggression or perpetration and victimization of physical aggression. This significant relationship persisted after adjustment for education, employment, or location of residence but not age or marital status. The increased odds of perpetrating verbal aggression among mothers in a rural area highlight the need for interventions designed for rural parents. One method of reducing intimate partner aggression may be to incorporate intimate partner aggression prevention activities into existing child abuse intervention activities.

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Situational determinants in intimate partner violence

Cited by 128 publications

References 70 publications

Generalists versus specialists: Toward a typology of batterers in prison

Generalists versus specialists: Toward a typology of batterers in prison

Intimate Partner Violence

Perpetration and Victimization of Intimate Partner Aggression Among Rural Mothers

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