TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Women's initiation of physical violence against an abusive partner outside of a violent episode
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - Fanslow, Janet L.
A1  - Gulliver, Pauline
A1  - Dixon, Robyn
A1  - Ayallo, Irene
SP  - 2659
EP  - 2682
VL  - 30
IS  - 15
N2  - This article explores women's use of physical violence against an abusive male partner, outside of the context of a violence episode. Data were drawn from the New Zealand Violence Against Women Study, a cross-sectional household survey conducted using a population-based cluster-sampling scheme. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with women initiating physical violence against their male partners. Of the 845 women who had experienced physical violence perpetrated by their intimate partner, 19% reported physically mistreating their partner at least once outside of a male initiated violent episode, while 81% never initiated violence against their partner. Analyses showed that women's initiation of violence under these circumstances was strongly associated with either or both partners having alcohol problems, her recreational drug use, her number of violent partners, and her mother being hit or beaten by her father when she was a child.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260514553632
ID  - ref1
ER  -