Male violence against women

Assessment of the generational transfer hypothesis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2152257
AutoresJack Carter (University of New Orleans), William A Stacey (The University of Texas at Arlington), Anson W Shupe (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne)
Año1988
Volumen9
Número3
Páginas259-273
Fecha de publicación1988-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.1988.9967784
OpenAlexW2065020084
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas18

Although domestic violence is a much‐studied phenomenon, there is a notable lack of empirical research on the male perpetrators of spouse abuse. This paper uses data from a sample of 542 residents of battered women's shelters to examine the "generational transfer hypothesis" as it applies to these male batterers. This hypothesis asserts that a child's exposure to domestic violence in his family of orientation increases his propensity to abuse his spouse as an adult. The specific question addressed here is derived from this hypothesis: the degree of violent socialization of male spouse batterers is directly related to the severity of their violent behavior. Four indexes are used in our analysis: a Violent Socialization Index, a Forms of Violence Index, a Types of Injuries Index, and an overall Violence Severity Index. The results indicate that the socialization experiences of wife batterers, whether involving neglect, outright abuse, or merely witnessing parental or sibling abuse, appear to be directly related to the severity of their later adult violence in the family

Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Neglect · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Sibling · Socialization · Sociology · Spouse · Wife · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology