Citation

Badenes-Ribera L, Bonilla-Campos A, Frias-Navarro D, Pons-Salvador G, Monterde-I-Bort H. Trauma Violence Abuse 2015; 17(3): 284-297.

Affiliation

Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1524838015584363

PMID

26018210

Abstract

This article presents the first systematic review on intimate partner violence (IPV) in self-identified lesbians in same-sex couples. Studies published from January 1990 to December 2013 were analyzed. Of the 687 studies reviewed, 59 were preselected, of which 14 studies were selected that met the inclusion and methodological quality criteria. A summary is presented of the characteristics of the studies, the participants, the prevalence of IPV victimization and perpetration, and its correlates. All the studies were carried out in the United States and used a nonprobabilistic sampling method. The majority of participants were White with a high educational level. The results indicate that all the forms of violence occur, but the most prevalent is emotional/psychological violence. The correlates positively associated with IPV are certain personality characteristics, fusion, previous IPV experience, a family history of violence, and alcohol consumption. This review finds significant limitations in the analyzed literature.

METHODological recommendations are made for future studies.

Language: en