Journal article
Women's Initiation of Physical Violence Against an Abusive Partner Outside of a Violent Episode
Journal of interpersonal violence, Vol.30(15), pp.2659-2682
09/2015
PMID: 25326011
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Abstract
This article explores women's use of physical violence against an abusive male partner, outside of the context of a violence episode. Data were drawn from the New Zealand Violence Against Women Study, a cross-sectional household survey conducted using a population-based cluster-sampling scheme. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with women initiating physical violence against their male partners. Of the 845 women who had experienced physical violence perpetrated by their intimate partner, 19% reported physically mistreating their partner at least once outside of a male initiated violent episode, while 81% never initiated violence against their partner. Analyses showed that women's initiation of violence under these circumstances was strongly associated with either or both partners having alcohol problems, her recreational drug use, her number of violent partners, and her mother being hit or beaten by her father when she was a child.
Details
- Title
- Women's Initiation of Physical Violence Against an Abusive Partner Outside of a Violent Episode
- Creators
- Janet L. Fanslow - University of AucklandPauline Gulliver - University of AucklandRobyn Dixon - University of AucklandIrene Ayallo - University of Auckland
- Publication Details
- Journal of interpersonal violence, Vol.30(15), pp.2659-2682
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 24
- Grant note
- 02/207 / Health Research Council of New Zealand
- Identifiers
- 991013209889502368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2014.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article