Chapter 7 Flashcards
Who is involved in DV
Adolescents in middle school or high school, or unmarried college students.
Difference between DV and IPV
Greater focus on sexual assault factors, kinds of information available, young people construe it differently, society’s attitudes.
Beginning of research on DV
Kanin’s 1957 study of male agression
Age of DV
Inversely correlated – age increase, DV decrease. Females report using more DV as adolescents.
Issue in prevalence rates of DV
Lack of specificity in statistical summaries published
Most common form of partner violence
reciprocal violence/bilateral (not totally convincing!)
Gender differences in DV
Self-report: reciprocal. Other data: men perpetrate more. LARGE DISPARITIES
DV consequences
injuries, negative health consequences, posttraumatic stress
DV Risk Factors
Alcohol use, observing interparental violence, child maltreatment, mental illness, peer pressure
Reported reasons for DV
Anger, argument, frustration, hurt, retaliation, poor communications.
Self defense
Self defense DV not used in same manner as battered women.
Effect of prior psychological abuse
Women preferred an abusive date
Abusive men prefer
Women who suffer from high attachment disorder
Four types of attachment
Secure, preoccupied, dismissing, fearful
High Commitment Levels
More frequent inter-partner agression (strong emotional feelings)
Views on jealousy
Love/normal, controlling/dangerous
Gender jealousy differences
Men More uncertain, would do nothing if partner unfaithful
Strongest childhood factor associated with DV
Witnessing interparental violence
Intergenerational transfer of violence theory
Adolescent conduct disorder->substance->perpetration
DV Gender socialization
Another type of learning. Different views of different genders.
Relationship importance
Association with “deperate for a man”. Jealousy misinterpreted as love, self-worth
Batterers suffer from
Depression, anxiety, anger, hypermasculinity, high need for control
Benevolent sexism
Women should exit the sinking ship first. Not entirely harmless.
People that play the largest role in treating DV
School counselors, community agencies, private practice.
Three factor scale for IPV Attitudes
Abuse, control, violence
Strategies to address DV
Fill in research gaps, qualitative and quantitative studies, encourage collaboration, apply knowledge
Effective DV prevention
Premarital education, clinics, anger management, violence screening, prevention prgs, training young men to engage peers, alcohol use training
Rape is linked with
Physical violence
Health outcomes from sexual assaults
STDs, chronic headaches,early pregnancy
Physical injury during sex assault
Most men are injured physically, but not most women.
Psychological outcomes of sex assault
post-assault fears, blame, shame, depression, duicide, ptsd, ocd, substance abuse, phobia, weight, sex, pregnancy
