Chinese Newlyweds’ Perception and Tolerance Toward Common and Severe Partner Aggression

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.

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Couple Therapy for Partner Aggression: Effects on Individual and Relational Well-Being

Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy ◽

10.1080/15332691.2014.966879 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 95-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Sherylls Valladares Kahn ◽

Norman B. Epstein ◽

Dennis M. Kivlighan

Keyword(s):

Couple Therapy ◽

Well Being ◽

Partner Aggression

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Cognitive Reframing of Intimate Partner Aggression: Social and Contextual Influences

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph15112464 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (11) ◽

pp. 2464 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

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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Longitudinal effects of increases and decreases in intimate partner aggression.

Journal of Family Psychology ◽

10.1037/fam0000351 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 343-354 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Julia F. Hammett ◽

Benjamin R. Karney ◽

Thomas N. Bradbury

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner ◽

Partner Aggression ◽

Longitudinal Effects ◽

Intimate Partner Aggression

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Relationship Satisfaction Mediates the Link Between Partner Aggression and Relationship Dissolution

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260515588524 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (8) ◽

pp. 1187-1208 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

David S. Curtis ◽

Norman B. Epstein ◽

Brandan Wheeler

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Physical Aggression ◽

Psychological Aggression ◽

Relationship Dissolution ◽

Aggressive Behaviors ◽

Partner Aggression ◽

Secondary Analyses ◽

The Relationship

Physically and psychologically aggressive behaviors between members of a couple often lead to relationship dissatisfaction and dissolution. The current study utilized data from 346 clinical couples to investigate associations between psychological and moderate physical aggression and relationship dissolution, and whether relationship satisfaction acts as a mediator of these associations. Results from two series of Actor–Partner Interdependence Models (APIMs) were considered in which cases of severe aggression were initially removed from the analytic sample and then were included for secondary analyses. The first series of models showed that dyadic physical aggression was a weak predictor of the male partner’s steps taken to leave the relationship and was not associated with the female’s steps. Dyadic psychological aggression, however, was related to steps taken toward leaving by both partners, accounting for approximately 14% of the variance. Relationship satisfaction mediated associations between physical and psychological partner aggression and steps taken to leave. Findings from the second series of models, including cases of severe aggression, showed a significant association between dyadic physical aggression and the female’s steps toward leaving. Moreover, relationship satisfaction no longer fully mediated associations between psychological or physical aggression and relationship dissolution risk. The importance of considering severity of physical partner aggression in research and clinical practice is discussed.

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