Intimate partner violence: controlling behavior and triggers of aggression

• Autor(a) principal: Bhona, Fernanda Monteiro de Castro
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Gebara, Carla Ferreira de Paula, Noto, Ana Regina, Lourenço, Lélio Moura
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/paideia/article/view/198192
• topic: Family violence; Marital conflict; Women; Violence against women; Psychological violence; Violencia familiar; Conflicto matrimonial; Mujeres; Violencia contra la mujer; Violencia psicológica; Violência na família; Conflito conjugal; Mulheres; Violência contra mulher; Violência psicológica

It is necessary to better understand the context in which intimate partner violence occurs. This study aimed to examine the occurrence of  physical violence between intimate partners, based on the reports of women involved in these situations, by identifying the circumstances in which the physical violence occurs and the presence of controlling behavior in these relationships. We conducted a community survey using probabilistic sampling (144 women), administering the following instruments: socio-demographic questionnaire, CTS2, AUDIT. Fifty-seven women of our sample reported episodes of physical violence and were invited to participate in a semi-structured qualitative interview. Most of the reports obtained in the interviews did not confirm the episodes of physical violence initially identified by the scale, showing disagreements between the research instruments. Personal characteristics of the perpetrator of the violence, male alcohol use and aspects of the affective relationship were identified as important triggers of intimate partner violence. Controlling behaviors in combination with physical violence revealed varying degrees of domination occurring in the dyads.