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The Explanatory Role of Relationship Power and Control in Domestic Violence Against Women in Nicaragua

A Feminist Psychology Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID12436976
AuthorsRose Grace Grose (0000-0003-2243-6334, University of California, Santa Cruz, corresponding author), Shelly Grabe (0000-0002-2158-4995, University of California, Santa Cruz)
Year2014
Volume20
Issue8
Pages972-993
Publication date2014-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801214546231
PMID25125492
OpenAlexW2147397782
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited49

This study offers a feminist psychology analysis of various aspects of relationship power and control and their relative explanatory contribution to understanding physical, psychological, and sexual violence against women. Findings from structured interviews with 345 women from rural Nicaragua (M age = 44) overwhelmingly demonstrate that measures of power and control reflecting interpersonal relationship dynamics have the strongest predictive power for explaining violence when compared in multivariate analyses to several of the more commonly used measures. These findings have implications for future research and the evaluation of interventions designed to decrease levels of violence against women

Criminology · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Explanatory power · Injury prevention · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Interpersonal violence · Medical emergency · Poison control · Power (physics · Predictive power · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sexual violence · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works14
Citations per year1,17
Citation span2014 - 2025 (12)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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