Citation

Holt JL, Gillespie W. Am. J. Crim. Justice 2008; 33(2): 252-266.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, College of Law Enforcement, Eastern Kentucky University, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12103-008-9036-0

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A myriad of factors have been advanced to explain intimate violence. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects on intimate violence of three specific concepts: threatened egoism, violence in the family of origin, and reciprocity. Self-report questionnaires were administered to a randomly selected cluster sample of 423 participants, 147 males and 276 females. While no support was found for threatened egoism, both violence witnessed in the family of origin and reciprocity were found to significantly influence intimate violence. Analyses conducted separately for males and females indicated that these factors operate differently based on gender. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)