TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship (A)Symmetries and Violence
T2 - Comparing Intimates and NonPartners
AU - Griffiths, Elizabeth
AU - Yule, Carolyn
AU - Gartner, Rosemary
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research uses data from the Women’s Experiences of Violence Project, which was supported by grants from the National Consortium on Violence Research (YR4SDRP1, awarded to J. Horney, S. Simpson, C. Kruttschnitt, R. Gartner, and K. Ferraro) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (410-2000-03 awarded to R. Gartner).
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Violence between social equals differs in character from violence between persons in asymmetrical relationships. Specifically, issues of contention motivating violence vary by the relative status of opponents, such that violence over symbolic issues is more common between symmetrical than asymmetrical opponents. Recent studies have substantiated these predictions in nonpartner relationships. Using data from interviews of incarcerated women, this study explores how intimate partner violence compares with violence between nonpartner opponents. We find that intimate partner violence is more likely to involve symbolic issues compared with violence between all kinds of nonpartner opponents. Consequently, intimate partnerships might be viewed as hypersymmetrical.
AB - Violence between social equals differs in character from violence between persons in asymmetrical relationships. Specifically, issues of contention motivating violence vary by the relative status of opponents, such that violence over symbolic issues is more common between symmetrical than asymmetrical opponents. Recent studies have substantiated these predictions in nonpartner relationships. Using data from interviews of incarcerated women, this study explores how intimate partner violence compares with violence between nonpartner opponents. We find that intimate partner violence is more likely to involve symbolic issues compared with violence between all kinds of nonpartner opponents. Consequently, intimate partnerships might be viewed as hypersymmetrical.
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - issue of contention
KW - nonpartner violence
KW - status contests
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U2 - 10.1177/1077801217711267
DO - 10.1177/1077801217711267
M3 - Article
C2 - 29332491
AN - SCOPUS:85045522400
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 24
SP - 697
EP - 717
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 6
ER -