Couples and Family Interventions for Intimate Partner Aggression: A Comprehensive Review

Partner Abuse ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria E. Bennett ◽  
Donald A. Godfrey ◽  
Alexandra L. Snead ◽  
Caitlin M. Kehoe ◽  
Adriana Bastardas-Albero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Couples Therapy ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Child Witnesses ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Partner Aggression ◽  
Therapeutic Needs ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Intimate Partner Aggression ◽  
Male To Female

Intimate partner aggression (IPA) is a widespread social health problem that impacts not only the couple but the family unit as a whole. The vast majority of interventions have focused on male-to-female violence that consists of dominance and controlling tactics and neglect the therapeutic needs of the couple and their children. Thus, the first goal of this review to discuss the situations in which couples therapy is ethical as well as review the small, but growing literature on the efficacy of couples intervention. The second goal is to review the impact that exposure to IPA has on childhood development and examine the existing intervention and prevention programs for child witnesses. Based on our review, the research suggests that couples interventions are ethical for couples experiencing low-level physical aggression and that these treatments are equally effective as standard treatments for IPA in reducing violence and recidivism. Our review also concludes that individuals who witness IPA between their parents during childhood often exhibit interpersonal and intrapersonal difficulties in adulthood related to this exposure. The existing intervention and prevention programs for child witnesses appear promising.

scholarly journals The Risk of Partner Aggression Research: Impact of Laboratory Couples Conflict Protocols on Participants

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela J. Owen ◽  
Richard E. Heyman ◽  
Amy M. Smith Slep
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Partner Aggression ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Impact Measure ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Male To Female ◽  
Couples Conflict

The impact of male-to-female intimate partner violence (IPV) research on participants is unknown. A measure of impact was given to participants in an IPV study to assess systematically the impact of completing questionnaires, engaging in conflict conversations, and being interviewed individually about anger escalation and de-escalation during the conversations. Participants completed a six-question, Likert-scaled impact measure. Both male and female participants rated the impact of the study as helpful to them personally and to their relationships. Female participants rated different segments of the study as more helpful to themselves and their relationships, while male participants did not find any segment of the study to have a different impact than other segments.

scholarly journals Sex Differences in Victimisation from Low Intensity Intimate Partner Aggression in South Sudan

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Owen Ndoromo ◽  
Karin Österman ◽  
Kaj Björkqvist
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
South Sudan ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Female Partner ◽  
Indirect Aggression ◽  
Partner Aggression ◽  
Cyber Aggression ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Intimate Partner Aggression

The aim of the study was to investigate sex differences in victimisation from low intensity forms of intimate partner aggression in South Sudan. A questionnaire was filled in by 420 respondents (302 females and 118 males) in two cities in South Sudan. The mean age was 22.5 years (SD 8.4) for women and 25.6 years (SD 7.8). Victimisation from intimate partner aggression was measured with the Victim Version of the Direct Indirect Aggression Scales (DIAS-Adult; Österman - Björkqvist, 2009) which includes six scales measuring verbal and nonverbal aggression, direct and indirect aggressive social manipulation, cyber aggression, and economic aggression. The results showed that males had been significantly more victimised from physical and verbal aggression than females. A tendency was also found for males to be more victimised from nonverbal aggression and direct aggressive social manipulation. No sex differences were found regarding victimisation from indirect aggressive social manipulation, cyber aggression, or economic aggression. Males had significantly more often been bit, hit, had their belongings damaged, scratched, spit at, and shoved by their female partner. Males had also been significantly more often subjected to quarrels, to being told nasty or hurtful words, and to being yelled at by their female partner. No sex difference was found for being interrupted when talking, been called bad names, or having been angrily nagged at by their partner. For females, age correlated positively with victimisation, while for males, the correlations were mostly negative. As far as more severe forms of violence are concerned, males have generally been found to be more aggressive against their partner than vice versa; the impact of male aggression has also usually been found to be more severe. The fact that males in domestic settings are also victimised by their spouses, although to less severe forms of aggression, has received much less attention.

The Impact of Intimate Partner Aggression at Work: Individual and Organizational Perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 11825
Author(s):  
Amit Kramer ◽  
Suzanne Chan-Serafin ◽  
Michelle Greenwood ◽  
Yaqing He ◽  
Laura Anne Kauzlarich-Mizaur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Partner Aggression ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Intimate Partner Aggression

Does the Relationship Between Depression and Intimate Partner Aggression Vary by Gender, Victim–Perpetrator Role, and Aggression Severity?

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 730-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Graham ◽  
Sharon Bernards ◽  
Andrea Flynn ◽  
Paul F. Tremblay ◽  
Samantha Wells
Keyword(s):  
Partner Violence ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Female Aggression ◽  
Partner Aggression ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intimate Partner Aggression ◽  
Male To Female

Research has shown a consistent link between intimate partner violence (IPV) and depression, although this association may vary by gender, role in IPV (victim, perpetrator, or bidirectional), and aggression severity. We evaluated these factors in a telephone survey of 14,063 Canadians. All three factors were found to affect the association of depression with IPV. Specifically, depression was more strongly associated with IPV by a partner (i.e., victimization) for women but with aggression toward a partner (i.e., perpetration) for men. Severity of aggression was associated with increased risk of depression for both one-sided and bidirectional aggression by a partner but more strongly for one-sided aggression toward a partner. These findings suggest that research, prevention, and treatment should focus on all roles in IPV, not just male-to-female aggression.

scholarly journals The Proximal Effects of Acute Alcohol Consumption on Male-to-Female Aggression

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 520-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cory A. Crane ◽  
Stephanie A. Godleski ◽  
Sarahmona M. Przybyla ◽  
Robert C. Schlauch ◽  
Maria Testa
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Reference List ◽  
Partner Aggression ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
Intimate Partner Aggression ◽  
Male To Female ◽  
Potential Moderator

The current meta-analytic review examined the experimental literature to quantify the causal effect of acute alcohol consumption on self-reported and observed indicators of male-to-female general, sexual, and intimate partner aggression. Database and reference list searches yielded 22 studies conducted between 1981 and 2014 that met all criteria for inclusion and that were subjected to full text coding for analysis. Results detected a significant overall effect ( d = .36), indicating that male participants who consumed alcohol evidenced greater aggressive behavior toward females while completing a subsequent laboratory aggression paradigm than male participants who received no alcohol. We found homogeneity across all categories of potential moderator variables. Results further indicated that alcohol resulted in comparable increases of male-to-female sexual ( d = .32) and intimate partner ( d = .45) aggression. Further research is required to draw meaningful conclusions about individual and situational factors that may interact with acute alcohol consumption to produce the highest levels of risk.

scholarly journals Cognitive Reframing of Intimate Partner Aggression: Social and Contextual Influences

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wind Goodfriend ◽  
Ximena Arriaga
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Partner Aggression ◽  
Relationship Patterns ◽  
Partner Relationship ◽  
Cognitive Reframing ◽  
Supportive Relationship ◽  
Intimate Partner Aggression ◽  
Individual Partner

Intimate partner aggression violates U.S. culturally-accepted standards regarding how partners should treat each other. Victims must reconcile the dissonance associated with being in what should be a loving and supportive relationship, while being in the same relationship that is personally and deeply harmful. To manage these clashing cognitions, victims consciously and unconsciously adopt perceptions to reframe their partner’s aggression, minimizing and reinterpreting the occurrence or impact of aggressive acts, and justifying remaining in their relationship. The paper examines the multiple and nested influences that shape such perceptions, including individual, partner, relationship, and cultural factors. Each type of influence is discussed by reviewing previous research and including accounts from women who had experienced aggression. Greater awareness of such perceptions may afford greater control in changing harmful relationship patterns.

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