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- Title
Behavioral.
- Authors
Swan, Suzanne C.; Snow, David L.
- Abstract
This article examines behavioral and psychological differences among women who used violence in four types of relationships. Nearly all of the women experienced physical abuse from their male partners. Types were compared on the extent of childhood abuse experienced, use of avoidance coping, anger, motivations for using violence, injuries, psychological symptoms, and alcohol use. Women in the Victim type (the partner used more physical violence and coercion against her than she against him) and the Abused Aggressor type (the woman used more violence and coercion against the partner than he against her) had the poorest behavioral and psychological indices. Women in Mixed-Female Coercive relationships (the woman's use as of coercion was equivalent to or greater than her partner, but the partner used as much or more violence) had the fewest difficulties. Scores for women in Mixed-Male Coercive relationships (the partner was more coercive than the woman, but the woman's use of violence was equivalent to or greater than the partner's) generally fell in between the other groups.
- Subjects
VIOLENT women; SOCIAL psychology; DOMESTIC violence
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2003, Vol 9, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801202238431