Add your conference to our Justice Events calendar

PUBLICATIONS

Stay Informed
Register with NCJRS to receive NCJRS's biweekly e-newsletter JUSTINFO and additional periodic emails from NCJRS and the NCJRS federal sponsors that highlight the latest research published or sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs.

NCJRS Abstract

The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Virtual Library collection. To conduct further searches of the collection, visit the Virtual Library. See the Obtain Documents page for direction on how to access resources online, via mail, through interlibrary loans, or in a local library.

NCJ Number:	227443

Title:	Verbal Marital Conflict and Male Domination in the Family as Risk Factors of Intimate Partner Violence

Journal:	Trauma, Violence, and Abuse Volume:10 Issue:2 Dated:April 2009 Pages:171-180

Author(s):	Carmen Vives-Cases; Diana Gil-Gonzalez; Mercedes Carrasco-Portino

Date Published:	April 2009

Page Count:	10

Publisher:	http://www.sagepub.com

Type:	Report (Study/Research)

Format:	Article

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	This article explores the relationship between verbal marital conflict, male domination in the family, and violent behavior by men towards their partner.

Abstract:	Findings show that all of the applicable studies found a relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and male domination in the family or verbal marital conflict; the variety of measuring scales and operating definitions used for both verbal marital conflict and male domination make it difficult to fully understand the problem. Clearly highlighted is the existence of important biases that could also affect current knowledge about the impact of verbal marital conflict and male domination in the family on IPV. The articles that were found to take into consideration male domination in the family or verbal marital conflict as a possible risk factor for IPV coincided with the results of other reviews that have attempted to analyze the possible association of this problem with other factors, such as consumption of alcohol by abusers or the low socioeconomic status of the couple. Generally, there were major difficulties to finding information on verbal marital conflict as a risk factor associated with inter-partner violence in the scientific literature given that this factor is often considered as a type of violence against women. In the data collection process, 63 articles dealing with verbal marital conflict were found; 61 articles were rejected because this variable was considered as a result or a form of partner violence against women and not as a possible risk factor. Table and references

Main Term(s):	Marital problems; Violent men

Index Term(s):	Conflict of interest; Female victims; Hostility-crime relationships; Verbal abuse; Victim-offender relationships; Victims of violent crime



	To cite this abstract, use the following link: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=249447

*A link to the full-text document is provided whenever possible. For documents not available online, a link to the publisher's website is provided. Tell us how you use the NCJRS Library and Abstracts Database - send us your feedback.

PUBLICATIONS

NCJRS Abstract

Find in a Library