Couples’ Anger Dynamics during Conflict: Interpersonal Anger Regulation, Relationship Satisfaction, and Intimate Partner Violence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy M. Slep ◽  
Richard E. Heyman ◽  
Michael F. Lorber ◽  
Stacey S. Tiberio ◽  
Katherine L. Casillas
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Anger Regulation

Use and Experience of Recent Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Veterans Who Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

Partner Abuse ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzannah K. Creech ◽  
Alexandra Macdonald ◽  
Casey Taft
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Women Veterans ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
Significant Variance ◽  
The Past

Background: Women veterans may be at high risk for intimate partner violence (IPV), which increases susceptibility for negative physical and mental health. IPV experiences and use have not previously been studied among the newest generation of women veterans who deployed to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Method: This study examined the correlates of IPV in a sample of 102 women veterans who had deployed to the conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan and who were in current intimate relationships. Using an anonymous web-based survey, participants completed measures of combat and sexual harassment exposure during deployment, measures of mental health and substance abuse, intimate relationship satisfaction, and recent IPV. Results: Results indicated that 63% of the sample reported experiencing any IPV in the past 6 months, whereas 73% reported using IPV toward their partner in the past 6 months. Linear regressions indicated intimate relationship satisfaction explained significant variance in recent psychological IPV, whereas alcohol misuse and recent psychological IPV experiences explained significant variance in physical IPV experiences and use and sexual IPV experiences. Conclusion: Women veterans in this study reported high levels of recent IPV experiences as well as the use of IPV. Results suggest the need to assess for both IPV use and IPV experiences in medical settings, and that for some women veterans, IPV prevention that focuses on healthy relationship functioning may be beneficial.

Understanding the Mutual Partner Dynamic of Intimate Partner Violence: A Review

Partner Abuse ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Dokkedahl ◽  
Ask Elklit
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Present Review ◽  
Intimate Violence ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Interaction Variables

IntroductionBidirectional violence is not a recent phenomenon. Nonetheless, little attention has been given to the actual dyads of intimate violence. The aim of the present review is therefore to identify and examine research that involves both the male and female partner of couples experiencing problems with intimate partner violence (IPV).MethodA thorough literature search was conducted in the electronic databases PubMed and PsycINFO. This review includes only peer-reviewed articles conducting quantitative data analysis. The key inclusion criteria were the concept of bidirectional violence. Therefore, this review only includes studies where both partners participated in the study. A total of 70 studies were included.ResultsA wide variety of psychological, social, and interaction variables were identified. Especially challenges related to alcohol, attachment, communication, jealousy, mental health and relationship satisfaction were identified. Results sheds light on how conflicts escalate and are important aspects of how IPV patterns are developed.DiscussionThe present review demonstrates the importance of incorporating partner dynamics into our understanding of IPV. By putting less emphasis on the prevalence rates and instead focus more on the dynamics of the relationships, IPV appears to be a symptom of a variety of problems within the dyad. Therefore, it would be beneficial to target preventive efforts and interventions towards both members of the couple to directly address the unhealthy dynamics that are contributing to a pattern of IPV.

scholarly journals The Gender Asymmetric Effect of Intimate Partner Violence on Relationship Satisfaction

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 703-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Ackerman ◽  
Layton Field
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Gender Effect ◽  
Asymmetric Effect ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Study Partner ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Intimate Partnerships

Our research examined the association between intimate partner violence and relationship satisfaction among victims. The negative association between victimization and relationship satisfaction was substantially stronger for females than for males. Comparisons between respondents reporting about same-sex relationships with those reporting about opposite-sex relationships provided evidence that the amplified victimization/satisfaction association among female victims is a victim-gender effect rather than an actor-gender effect. In other words, our findings suggest that aggression harms the quality of the intimate partnerships of females much more so than the partnerships of males regardless of whether a male or a female is the perpetrator. We supplemented dialogue about the direct implications of our findings with discussions about how these results may raise conceptual questions about the adequacy of the instruments scholars use to study partner aggression.

scholarly journals The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Relationship Satisfaction Over Time for Young At-Risk Couples: The Moderating Role of Observed Negative and Positive Affect

Partner Abuse ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joann Wu Shortt ◽  
Deborah M. Capaldi ◽  
Hyoun K. Kim ◽  
Heidemarie K. Laurent
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Model Average ◽  
Over Time

In the current study, the moderating effects of observed negative and positive affects on the association between intimate partner violence (IPV, physical aggression) and relationship satisfaction were examined over a 5-year period. Multiwave data were obtained from a sample of young adult men at risk for delinquency and their women partners (n = 121 couples; ages 21–26 years). The trajectory of each partner’s relationship satisfaction and the effects of dyadic IPV and affect were tested using HLM analyses and a two-level (within-couple and between-couple) dyadic growth model. Average levels of dyadic positive affect were associated with relationship satisfaction for both men and women. For men, increases in couples’ positive affect over time were linked to increases in relationship satisfaction, and increases in couples’ externalizing negative affect were linked to decreases in satisfaction. For women, higher levels of couples’ IPV predicted lower levels of satisfaction. Couples’ internalizing negative affect amplified the effects of IPV on satisfaction over time. Increases in IPV were associated with declines in satisfaction for couples with high levels of internalizing negative affect. Conversely, average levels of externalizing negative affect did not amplify the association between IPV and relationship satisfaction. In fact, the adverse influence of IPV on relationship satisfaction was greater for couples who displayed low levels of externalizing negative affect. Because of the inverse association between externalizing negative affect and relationship satisfaction, these findings were interpreted to suggest that the salience of IPV was greater in couples whose relationship satisfaction was not already impaired by high levels of negative affect.

Social Desirability in Intimate Partner Violence and Relationship Satisfaction Reports: An Exploratory Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 1401-1420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Visschers ◽  
Emma Jaspaert ◽  
Geert Vervaeke
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Social Desirability Bias ◽  
Satisfaction Index ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conflict Tactics Scales

The social desirability bias can be considered a two-dimensional construct, consisting of impression management and self-deception. Although social desirability is often considered a threat to the validity of intimate partner violence (IPV) reports, little is known about which dimension is most responsible for this distortion. Furthermore, it is unclear whether social desirability distorts the report of relationship satisfaction. In this study, two instruments that claim to measure social desirability are investigated on their ability to measure impression management and self-deception. Afterward, which dimension (if any) is responsible for a distortion in IPV and relationship satisfaction reports is examined. The survey consisted of the following measures: the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales for IPV, the Couples Satisfaction Index for relationship satisfaction and the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding, the Limited Disclosure Scale, and the Idealistic Distortion Scale for social desirability. The Limited Disclosure Scale was found to predominantly measure impression management. The Idealistic Distortion Scale did not measure social desirability well and appeared to be a bad measure for relationship satisfaction. Both the reports of IPV and relationship satisfaction were influenced by impression management, but not by self-deception. However, impression management and self-deception only accounted for a small portion of the variance in IPV and relationship satisfaction reports. These results indicate that the social desirability bias, when reporting IPV and relationship satisfaction, is a conscious process, but that its influence on IPV and relationship satisfaction reports might be overrated.

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