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Intimate Terrorism and Situational Couple Violence in General Surveys

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ID12437101
AuthorsMichael P Johnson (0000-0002-5675-8019, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA, corresponding author), Janel M Leone (The Sage Colleges, Troy, NY, USA), Yili Xu (Syracuse University, NY, USA)
Year2014
Volume20
Issue2
Pages186-207
Publication date2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801214521324
PMID24504325
OpenAlexW2119890448
LanguageEN
Citations received83
References cited50

In this article, we argue that past efforts to distinguish among types of intimate partner violence in general survey data have committed a critical error--using data on current spouses to develop operationalizations of intimate terrorism and situational couple violence. We use ex-spouse data from the National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS) to develop new operationalizations. We then demonstrate that NVAWS current spouse data contain little intimate terrorism; we argue that this is likely to be the case for all general surveys. In addition, the ex-spouse data confirm past findings regarding a variety of differences between intimate terrorism and situational couple violence, including those predicted by feminist theories

Criminology · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Situational ethics · Spouse · Suicide prevention · Survey data collection · Terrorism · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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