Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The role that sex has in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) has been inconclusive. By utilizing Johnson�s typology of IPV through the lens of Agnew�s General Strain Theory, the objectives of this thesis are to 1) examine the influence of sex on the etiology of violence, 2) examine the relationship between strain and the perpetration of violent actions, and 3) to examine the relationship when co-occurring violence (coercive control and external stressors) simultaneously occur and how it influences violent perpetrations. It is observed that males and females perpetrate violence at approximately the same rate and that anger is a common motivating factor for both. This lends support for the claim that there is little to no sex difference in the perpetration of IPV. Additionally, co-occurring violence appears to increase the rate of violent perpetration for both males and females, demonstrating that research should not treat the categories of Johnson�s typology as orthogonal groups.
Author: Krey, Devon T.
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2587940789