Women's Motives for Violent and Nonviolent Behaviors in Conflicts  

Oleh:

Weston, Rebecca ; Marshall, Linda L. ; Coker, Ann L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Interpersonal Violence vol. 22 no. 8 (Aug. 2007), page 1043-1065.
Topik: Female Perpetration; Low-Income; Partner Violence; Race/ Ethnicity; Scale Development
Fulltext: 1043.pdf (238.24KB)

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Drawing from past research on women’s motives for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration, correlates of women’s perpetration, and correlates of nonviolent conflict, we created a scale containing 125 possible motives, representing 14 broad domains (e.g., self-defense, retaliation). Participants were an ethnically diverse sample of women who had perpetrated no physical IPV against their current partner (n = 243), threats but not physical IPV (n = 70), nonsevere physical IPV (n = 193), and at least one act of severe (e.g., choke) physical IPV (n = 93). An exploratory factor analysis yielded a seven-factor solution, representing Partners’ Negative Behaviors, Increase Intimacy, Personal Problems, Retaliation, Childhood Experiences, Situation/Mood, and Partners’ Personal Problems. Differences by women’s IPV perpetration and race and/or ethnicity were tested with means representing these seven factors and a computed variable representing self-defense. Although motives differed by perpetration type, main effects for Partners’ Negative Behavior, Personal Problems, Retaliation, and Childhood Experiences were modified by interactions, suggesting ethnicity should be considered when developing interventions.

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