scholarly journals Predictors of Marital Physical Violence: Personal and Relational Characteristics

Psico-USF ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-252
Author(s):  
Karla Rafaela Haack ◽  
Juliana Pressi ◽  
Denise Falcke
Keyword(s):  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
General Information ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Family Climate ◽  
Conjugal Violence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Marital Dissatisfaction

Abstract Conjugal violence is a complex phenomenon that deserves attention because of its prevalence. The aim of this study was to verify the predictive power of the family-of-origin experiences, early maladaptive schemas, love, marital adjustment and family climate to marital physical violence occurrence. In this quantitative, correlational and explanatory study 186 men and 186 women took part, aged from 19 to 81 (M=41,17; SD=12,75). The instruments used measured general information, family of origin (FBQ), maladaptive schemes (YSQs), love (TLS), marital adjustment (DAS), family climate (FCI) and marital conflicts (CTS2). The results showed an association between the studied variables. In addition, the variables family conflict and sexual abuse in childhood were predictive of physical violence committed by women, while marital dissatisfaction was the predictor of marital violence committed by men. In view of the results, it can be established that the phenomenon of violence in intimate relationships is multidetermined, requiring attention from health professionals.

scholarly journals Marital physical violence suffered and committed by men: repeating family patterns?

Psico-USF ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Riboli Marasca ◽  
Josiane Razera ◽  
Henrique Juliano Rosa Pereira ◽  
Denise Falcke
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Family Patterns ◽  
The Family ◽  
Conflict Tactics

Abstract Intending to contribute to the marital violence theme, this article has the objective to investigate the presence of physical violence suffered and committed by men in family relationships and the predictive power of family of origin experiences on this occurrence in a sample of 186 men. A sociodemographic questionnaire, Family Background Questionnaire (FBQ) and Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) were used to collect the data. Physical violence suffered and committed by men established significant correlations with experiences of violence in the family of origin. The predictive factor for the occurrence was the experience of parental physical abuse in childhood. We discuss the relevance of a focus of attention on men also as victims of marital violence and the relevance of understanding the role of family of origin for the maintenance of violence in future relations.

Beliefs on Marital Violence Among Portuguese Adolescents: Monitoring Their Evolution and Relationship With Dating Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-380
Author(s):  
Sofia Neves ◽  
Miguel Cameira ◽  
Sónia Caridade
Keyword(s):  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Traditional Beliefs ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

In the last two decades, the problem of violence in the family sphere in particular and in intimate relationships in general has been on the agenda for Portuguese governmental and nongovernmental agencies. Several initiatives and campaigns have been launched, which are aimed at reducing occurrence of this violence, particularly among teenagers. This present study aims to assess the evolution in adolescents' attitudes and behaviors concerning intimate partner violence. We collected data from a sample of adolescents (n = 913) to compare with corresponding data collected 7 years ago by Neves and Nogueira (2010) in a sample that had identical sociodemographic characteristics (n = 899). Both cohorts resided in the same areas in the northeastern region of Portugal. The instruments used were the Scale of Beliefs about Marital Violence (ECVC) and the Marital Violence Inventory (IVC; Neves & Nogueira, 2010). The results indicate that although respondents tend to reject traditional beliefs on marital violence more now than in the past, especially male and older respondents, the percentage of dating violence reports has not decreased. Among girls, there was even an increase in perpetration of emotional and mild physical violence. We discuss possible reasons for this discrepancy between the evolution of attitudes and behaviors and make suggestions for improvement in the actions implemented among teenagers to increase their effectiveness.

scholarly journals The relationship between family-of-origin and marital satisfaction

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Botha ◽  
Henriette S. Van den Berg ◽  
Chris A.V. Venter
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
Family Assessment Device ◽  
The Family ◽  
Adjustment Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Potential Determinant

The aim of this article is to explore the relationship between marital satisfaction and family-of-origin factors amongst couples with children. Locke and Wallace’s Marital Adjustment Test and the McMaster Family Assessment Device were used to measure marital satisfaction and family of-origin factors respectively. Family-of-origin factors, such as problem solving, communication, roles, affective involvement and behavioural control were investigated. The sample consisted of 47 married couples. A significant relationship was found between roles and affective responsive- ness as family-of-origin factors and marital satisfaction, while roles as a family-of-origin factor played an important role in the wife as well as her husbands’ marital satisfaction. The findings emphasise the importance of functioning in the family-of-origin as a potential determinant of future marital satisfaction.OpsommingDie doel van hierdie artikel is om die verwantskap tussen huweliks-bevrediging en gesin-vanoorsprong- faktore onder pare met kinders te ondersoek. Locke en Wallace se Marital Adjustment Test en die McMaster Family Assessment Device is gebruik om onderskeidelik huweliksbevrediging en gesin-van-oorsprong-faktore te meet. Gesin-van-oorsprong-faktore, soos probleem-oplossing, kommunikasie, rolle, affektiewe betrokkenheid en gedragsbeheer is ondersoek. Die steekproef het uit 47 getroude pare bestaan. 'n Beduidende verwantskap is tussen rolle en affektiewe responsiwiteit as gesin-van-oorsprong-faktore en huweliksbevrediging gevind, terwyl rolle as 'n gesin-van-oorsprong- faktor 'n belangrike rol in die vrou sowel as die man se huweliks-bevrediging gespeel het. Die bevindinge beklemtoon die belangrikheid van funksionering in die gesin van oorsprong as 'n potensiële determinant van toekomstige huweliksbevrediging.

The Efficacy of a Spouse Abuse Model in Accounting for Courtship Violence

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALFRED DeMARIS
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Spouse Abuse ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Heterosexual Relationships ◽  
Courtship Violence ◽  
The Family ◽  
White College

A model consisting of social class, the balance of resources between partners, and experience with violence in the family of orientation—factors that have the greatest salience to spouse abuse—was tested on a sample of 484 white college students, most of whom were currently or previously involved in heterosexual relationships. For males, only being punished harshly as a child was significantly related to inflicting violence on a partner, while being the recipient of violence from a partner was related to both being punished harshly and seeing one's mother hit one's father. For females, the only significant effect was that females who believed that they should have control over the male in a relationship were more likely to be violent with a partner. It is suggested that models based on marital violence may have limited predictive power in accounting for violence during courtship.

scholarly journals The experiences in the family of origin and the early maladaptive schemas as predictors of marital violence in men and women

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-293
Author(s):  
Kelly Cardoso Paim ◽  
Denise Falcke
Keyword(s):  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Early Maladaptive Schemas ◽  
Maladaptive Schemas ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Conflict Tactics Scale ◽  
Young Schema Questionnaire ◽  
The Family ◽  
Conflict Tactics ◽  
Schema Questionnaire

A violência conjugal é uma problemática mundial que abrange diferentes classes econômicas, raças e etnias. Partindo-se do pressuposto de que a dinâmica conjugal violenta é um fenômeno complexo e interacional, o presente estudo se propõe a identificar variáveis preditoras do fenômeno, utilizando a perspectiva da Teoria dos Esquemas de Jeffrey Young. Sendo assim, foi investigado o poder das experiências na família de origem e dos Esquemas Iniciais Desadaptativos como preditores da violência física cometida e sofrida na relação conjugal conforme o sexo. A amostra foi constituída por 181 homens e 181 mulheres e os instrumentos utilizados para a coleta de dados foram: Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-S3), e Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2). A análise dos resultados foi realizada através de análise de regressão múltipla com método stepwise. Os resultados indicaram que o esquema de defectividade/vergonha das mulheres e dos homens e o esquema de desconfiança/abuso dos homens são variáveis preditoras da violência física cometida contra o cônjuge. O maior ajustamento materno foi considerado a variável protetiva de comportamentos violentos cometidos pelas mulheres. Em relação à vitimização da violência, os esquemas de desconfiança/abuso das mulheres e dos homens, assim como o esquema de defectividade/vergonha dos homens foram identificados como preditores de violência física sofrida nos relacionamentos íntimos. A maior funcionalidade do estilo de decisão materno foi identificada como protetor de vitimização de violência para as mulheres. Os achados ampliam a discussão sobre as variáveis que podem explicar o fenômeno da violência conjugal, consolidando a importância da avaliação dos Esquemas Iniciais Desadaptativos em situação de violência conjugal.

scholarly journals Previous experience of family violence and intimate partner violence in pregnancy

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Bernarda Ludermir ◽  
Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo ◽  
Sandra Alves Valongueiro ◽  
Maria Luísa Corrêa Muniz ◽  
Elisabete Pereira Silva
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
The Family ◽  
Violence During Pregnancy ◽  
In Pregnancy

OBJECTIVE To estimate differential associations between the exposure to violence in the family of origin and victimization and perpetration of intimate partner violence in pregnancy. METHODS A nested case-control study was carried out within a cohort study with 1,120 pregnant women aged 18–49 years old, who were registered in the Family Health Strategy of the city of Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil, between 2005 and 2006. The cases were the 233 women who reported intimate partner violence in pregnancy and the controls were the 499 women who did not report it. Partner violence in pregnancy and previous experiences of violence committed by parents or other family members were assessed with a standardized questionnaire. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were modeled to identify differential associations between the exposure to violence in the family of origin and victimization and perpetration of intimate partner violence in pregnancy. RESULTS Having seen the mother suffer intimate partner violence was associated with physical violence in childhood (OR = 2.62; 95%CI 1.89–3.63) and in adolescence (OR = 1.47; 95%CI 1.01–2.13), sexual violence in childhood (OR = 3.28; 95%CI 1.68–6.38) and intimate partner violence during pregnancy (OR = 1.47; 95% CI 1.01 – 2.12). The intimate partner violence during pregnancy was frequent in women who reported more episodes of physical violence in childhood (OR = 2.08; 95%CI 1.43–3.02) and adolescence (OR = 1.63; 95%CI 1.07–2.47), who suffered sexual violence in childhood (OR = 3.92; 95%CI 1.86–8.27), and who perpetrated violence against the partner (OR = 8.67; 95%CI 4.57–16.45). CONCLUSIONS Experiences of violence committed by parents or other family members emerge as strong risk factors for intimate partner violence in pregnancy. Identifying and understanding protective and risk factors for the emergence of intimate partner violence in pregnancy and its maintenance may help policymakers and health service managers to develop intervention strategies.

scholarly journals Domestic violence: the discourse of women and men involved in criminal proceedings

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anderson Reis de Sousa ◽  
Nadirlene Pereira Gomes ◽  
Fernanda Matheus Estrela ◽  
Gilvânia Patrícia do Nascimento Paixão ◽  
Álvaro Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Conjugal Violence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Case Files ◽  
The Creation

Abstract This qualitative, descriptive research had the purpose of analyzing the discourse of women and men involved in criminal proceedings on their experience of conjugal violence. Interviews were conducted with men in criminal proceedings for marital violence and the respective testimonies of their companions, contained in case files, were analyzed. Data were organized using the NVIVO® 11 software and the Collective Subject Discourse method. The discourses indicate that the reciprocity of the experience of violence is not recognized by the couple. While the woman sometimes transfers the responsibility of the act to the ingestion of alcohol or to herself, the man minimizes the event and questions the legitimacy of the testimony given by his companion. This points to the importance of the creation of spaces for reeducation in the perspective of gender, which would allow the recognition of the grievance by the couple and favor more respectful and harmonious relationships within the family.

Coping and its correlates: What the adolescent coping scale tells us

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Frydenberg
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Family Climate ◽  
The Family ◽  
Adolescent Coping ◽  
Item Checklist ◽  
Experience Of Stress ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Adolescent Perceptions ◽  
Highly Able

ABSTRACTThis paper on the coping actions of Australian adolescents reporls on research spanning a 5-year period. The central indicator of coping in this work is the Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS), an 80-item checklist that identifies 18 coping strategies commonly used by adolescents. There are clear indications that age, gender, and family of origin are concomitants of coping. Furthermore, coping varies according to adolescent perceptions of the self, perception of the adolescent's ability by others, family climate, and the experience of stress in the family. Positive family climate is generally associated with the use of functional styles of coping. Adolescents who are identified as highly able or gifted use a different coping repertoire in comparison to their nongifted peers. Young people in intact or separated households use similar strategies to manage their general concerns. Moreover, those dealing with separation of parents were generally as adaptive in their use of coping strategies.

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