Citation

Velonis AJ. Violence Against Women 2016; 22(9): 1031-1054.

Affiliation

University of Colorado Denver, USA St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada velonisa@smh.ca.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215618805

PMID

26873747

Abstract

Traditionally, any physical aggression within intimate relationships has been labeled "domestic violence," even as researchers and advocates continue to disagree about the nature of that phenomenon vis-à-vis gender and control. As part of a larger mixed-methods study, 22 women from a non-agency, community-based sample who reported experience with relationship violence were interviewed. The existence of patterned coercive and controlling behaviors substantially differentiated experiences with violence, suggesting this dynamic is at least as important to identify as physical violence. Although preliminary, the impact of these findings on intervention and prevention strategies and on the debate surrounding gender symmetry is discussed.

Language: en