A mixed-method analysis of women's intimate partner violence

Lehrner, Amy L.

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Title

A mixed-method analysis of women's intimate partner violence

Author(s)

Lehrner, Amy L.

Issue Date

2011-08-25T22:15:43Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Allen, Nicole E.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Allen, Nicole E.

Committee Member(s)

• Miller, Gregory A.
• Miller, Peggy J.
• Rappaport, Julian
• Verona, Edelyn

Department of Study

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• intimate partner violence
• women's intimate partner violence
• conflict tactics scales
• gender and intimate partner violence
• qualitative inquiry

Abstract

This mixed-method study aims to elucidate the relevance of gender in women’s intimate partner violence through an ecologically-informed analysis of individual differences in attachment and personality and social contexts. Findings suggest that the Conflict Tactics Scales led to inflated estimates of women’s violence through the misidentification of play as violence and through the categorization of a range of behaviors, called mock-violence, that fall along a continuum from playful to short of meaningfully violent. Study findings also support the position that gender fundamentally shapes the contexts, meanings, and interpretations of women’s aggressive behaviors and is thus central to any analysis of intimate partner violence. Together, these findings lend support to arguments for re-visiting fundamental issues of problem definition and measurement.

Graduation Semester

2011-08

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Copyright 2011 Amy L. Lehrner

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