Citation

Brownridge DA, Halli SS. J. Fam. Violence 2002; 17(4): 341-361.

Affiliation

Department of Family Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (douglas_brownridge@umanitoba.ca)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/A:1020370516420

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Based on research consistently showing that cohabitors are more likely to be violent than married couples, it is argued that the practice of equating these two marital status groups may obfuscate our understanding of the etiology of male partner violence against women. A synthesized model for understanding marital status differences is presented and tested on a large-scale representative sample of Canadian women. The results show little support for most existing explanations and suggest that unique processes are operating in the production of violence for different marital status groups. In addition to disaggregation by marital status, other directions for future research are discussed.