@article{ref1,
title="The proactive-reactive classification of intimate partner violence offenders: a multi-method approach to classification",
journal="Criminal behaviour and mental health",
year="2023",
author="Babcock, Julia C. and Kini, Sheetal and Pathak, Neha",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Men who commit violence against an intimate partner differ in their motives. Classifying the proactivity of men's partner violence may reveal important differences that could be treatment targets. AIMS: To examine the differences between proactive and reactive partner violence based on coded descriptions of past violent events. <br><br>METHOD: Community cohabiting couples reporting intimate partner violence were recruited via advertisements. Men and women were independently interviewed about past male-to-female violent events. The narratives of a male perpetrator and a female victim were coded using a Proactive-Reactive coding system, yielding three categories of violence: reactive, mixed proactive/reactive and proactive. The three categories were compared for differences in personality disorder features, attachment, psychophysiological reactivity during a conflict discussion task, and a self- and partner report of men's proactive and reactive aggressive tendencies. <br><br>RESULTS: The results revealed a 54% classification agreement between perpetrator and victim reports. No differences were found on personality or attachment measures between the groups regardless of gender of the reporter. Reactive violence was related to a tendency to self-report more reactive aggression and higher heart rate reactivity during a laboratory conflict discussion compared to the group reporting both proactive and reactive violent incidents. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study suggests that a coding system for intimate partner violence can be applied to community volunteers, and it is a reliable report and valid. However, there are discrepancies when the coding is based on the perpetrator or victim reports.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0957-9664",
doi="10.1002/cbm.2299",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2299"
}