Citation

Kwong MJ, Bartholomew K, Dutton DG. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 1999; 31(3): 150-160.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1037/h0087083

PMID

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Abstract

Gender differences in patterns of relationship violence were investigated in a representative sample of adult men (N = 356) and women (N = 351) from the province of Alberta. Respondents reported on their receipt and perpetration of violent acts in the year prior to the survey. Men and women, respectively, reported similar one-year prevalence rates of husband-to-wife violence (12.9% and 9.6%) and wife-to-husband violence (12.3% and 12.5%). However, differential gender patterns of reporting were identified. On average, men reported that they and their female partners were equally likely to engage in violent acts and to initiate violent conflicts. In contrast, women reported lower levels of victimization than perpetration of violence, and they reported less male-only and male-initiated violence than did men. The majority of respondents in violent relationships reported a pattern of violence that was bidirectional, minor, infrequent, and not physically injurious. The discussion focuses upon the meaning of gender differences in reports of relationship violence, and the existence of distinct patterns of violence within intimate relationships. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by the Canadian Psychological Association)

Gender Differences
Canada
Foreign Countries
Wife Victim
Wife Offender
Husband Victim
Husband Offender
Adult Female
Adult Male
Adult Offender
Adult Victim
Adult Violence
Violence Against Women
Partner Violence
Female Offender
Female Victim
Female Violence
Male Offender
Male Victim
Male Violence
Domestic Violence Incidence and Prevalence
Domestic Violence Offender
Domestic Violence Victim
Spouse Abuse Offender
Spouse Abuse Incidence and Prevalence
Spouse Abuse Victim
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