TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender symmetry and asymmetry in violent relationships
T2 - Patterns of mutuality among racially diverse women
AU - Weston, Rebecca
AU - Temple, Jeff R.
AU - Marshall, Linda L.
N1 - Funding Information:
1The larger part of the study was funded by grant R49/CCR610508 from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, awarded to the third author. This article was also made possible by grant 2001-WT-BX-0504 from the National Institute of Justice awarded to the first and third authors. These agencies are not responsible for the results. Portions of this paper were presented by the first and third authors at the International Family Violence Conference in Portsmouth, NH, July, 2003. 2Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901. 3Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-1280. 4To whom correspondence should be addressed at Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901; e-mail: [email protected].
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - Three patterns of mutual intimate partner violence (IPV) are proposed, based on frequency and severity: Male primary perpetrator (MPP), female primary perpetrator (FPP), and symmetrical (SYM). Patterns and effects of ethnicity were examined with 445 African American, Euro-American, and Mexican American low-income women experiencing mutual IPV. More relationships were classified as MPP (54%) than SYM (35%) or FPP (11%). Comparing women's and men's perpetration of several types of IPV (e.g., threats, severe physical) indicated MPP-pattern women experienced all IPV types more often and were more likely to sustain injury than their male partners. Fewer gender differences were found in the FPP pattern. Racial/ethnic groups were more similar than different; previously reported differences may be explained by variation in socioeconomic status.
AB - Three patterns of mutual intimate partner violence (IPV) are proposed, based on frequency and severity: Male primary perpetrator (MPP), female primary perpetrator (FPP), and symmetrical (SYM). Patterns and effects of ethnicity were examined with 445 African American, Euro-American, and Mexican American low-income women experiencing mutual IPV. More relationships were classified as MPP (54%) than SYM (35%) or FPP (11%). Comparing women's and men's perpetration of several types of IPV (e.g., threats, severe physical) indicated MPP-pattern women experienced all IPV types more often and were more likely to sustain injury than their male partners. Fewer gender differences were found in the FPP pattern. Racial/ethnic groups were more similar than different; previously reported differences may be explained by variation in socioeconomic status.
KW - Gender differences
KW - Injury
KW - Low-income
KW - Male and female perpetration
KW - Physical violence
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U2 - 10.1007/s11199-005-7142-8
DO - 10.1007/s11199-005-7142-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:28844469017
SN - 0360-0025
VL - 53
SP - 553
EP - 571
JO - Sex Roles
JF - Sex Roles
IS - 7-8
ER -