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- Title
Intimate Partner Violence in Men Voluntarily Attending Treatment: A Study of Couple Agreement.
- Authors
Strandmoen, John-Filip; Askeland, Ingunn Rangul; Tjersland, Odd-Arne; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Heir, Trond
- Abstract
Most studies examining couple agreement on intimate partner violence (IPV) have found low agreement on levels of violence. This study explored agreement on male-perpetrated IPV in a sample of 93 couples where the man was voluntarily seeking IPV treatment. Five different types of violence were assessed: physical, physically controlling, psychological, property, and sexual. The results were mixed. When disagreement was found, this resulted from men attending IPV treatment reporting less violence than their partners. However, only psychological violence was consistently reported differently. Reliability estimates ranged from poor to moderate. Couples reported on sexual violence with less reliability than physical or physically controlling violence when referring to a typical month last year. Measurement of different types of violence among both partners in a couple is recommended in clinical and research settings as well as thorough discussions with clients voluntarily enrolled in treatment for IPV on what constitutes violence.
- Subjects
NORWAY; INTIMATE partner violence; VIOLENT men; SOCIAL psychology; SOCIAL problems; OFFENSES against the person; HEALTH behavior; INTERPERSONAL relations; CRIME victims; COUPLES therapy; PATIENTS' attitudes; SEXUAL partners; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Violence & Victims, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 1, p124
- ISSN
0886-6708
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-13-00193