TY - JOUR
T1 - Violence between therapy-seeking veterans and their partners
T2 - Prevalence and characteristics of nonviolent, mutually violent, and one-sided violent couples
AU - Teten, Andra L.
AU - Sherman, Michelle D.
AU - Han, Xiaotong
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Among male veterans and their female partners seeking therapy for relationship issues, three violence profiles were identified based on self-reports of physical violence: nonviolent, in which neither partner reported perpetrating physical violence (44%); one-sided violent, in which one partner reported perpetrating violence (30%); and mutually violent, in which both partners reported perpetrating physical violence (26%). Profiles were distinguished based on the veteran's psychiatric diagnosis, woman's age, and both partners' reports of the frequency and severity of violence. Men and women in mutually violent couples reported more verbal and physical aggression than did men or women in any other group. The three groups reported comparable rates of sexual aggression. Appraisals of marital satisfaction and intimacy were not different based on violence profile. No gender differences emerged in the self-reports of frequency and severity of verbal, physical, and sexual aggression.
AB - Among male veterans and their female partners seeking therapy for relationship issues, three violence profiles were identified based on self-reports of physical violence: nonviolent, in which neither partner reported perpetrating physical violence (44%); one-sided violent, in which one partner reported perpetrating violence (30%); and mutually violent, in which both partners reported perpetrating physical violence (26%). Profiles were distinguished based on the veteran's psychiatric diagnosis, woman's age, and both partners' reports of the frequency and severity of violence. Men and women in mutually violent couples reported more verbal and physical aggression than did men or women in any other group. The three groups reported comparable rates of sexual aggression. Appraisals of marital satisfaction and intimacy were not different based on violence profile. No gender differences emerged in the self-reports of frequency and severity of verbal, physical, and sexual aggression.
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - PTSD
KW - Sexual assault
KW - Veteran
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U2 - 10.1177/0886260508315782
DO - 10.1177/0886260508315782
M3 - Article
C2 - 18378807
AN - SCOPUS:57049094512
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 24
SP - 111
EP - 127
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
IS - 1
ER -