Women are more likely to be verbally/physically aggressive

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Women are more likely to be physically aggressive towards their partners than men

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Women are more likely to be verbally and physically aggressive towards their partners than men suggests a new study presented as part of a symposium on intimate partner violence (IPV).

The symposium 'Developments in Intimate Partner Violence Research and Practice' is presented today, Wednesday 25 June, at the British Psychological Society's Division of Forensic Psychology annual conference in Glasgow.

Dr Elizabeth Bates from the University of Cumbria and colleagues from the University of Central Lancashire gave a total of 1104 students (706 women and 398 men) questionnaires about their physical aggression and controlling behaviour, to partners and to same-sex others (including friends).

Analysis showed that women were more likely to be physically aggressive to their partners than men and that men were more likely to be physically aggressive to their same-sex others.

Furthermore, women engaged in significantly higher levels of controlling behaviour than men, which significantly predicted physical aggression in both sexes.

Dr Elizabeth Bates explained: "This was an interesting finding. Previous studies have sought to explain male violence towards women as rising from patriarchal values, which motivate men to seek to control women's behaviour, using violence if necessary.

"This study found that women demonstrated a desire to control their partners and were more likely to use physical aggression than men. This suggests that IPV may not be motivated by patriarchal values and needs to be studied within the context of other forms of aggression, which has potential implications for interventions."

Other papers presented in the symposium are as follows:

'Inner Strength Domestic Violence Programme' - Dr Nichola Graham-Kevan (University of Central Lancashire & Mid Sweden University)

'Men's experiences of victimisation from a female intimate partner: An international study' - Louise Dixon (University of Birmingham).

'Reasons for engaging in conflict within and outside of relationships: A comparison of women's responses' - Abi Thornton, (University of Bolton), Nichola Graham-Kevan (University of Central Lancashire) & J. Archer.

'Literature review: Men's Experience of Domestic Abuse' - Brian Dempsey (University of Dundee).

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http://www.bps.org.uk/events/conferences/division-forensic-psychology-annual-conference-2014

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[onye uwaoma 131]

Sorry for you if you have been abused by your wife. Is there any help you needed for your case? If so, ask for help now otherwise, you must have posted in a wrong thread/forum. I hope the moderator move your post as fast as possible because it has an element of discrimination against women and added little or no value to people who need help here. Thank you for the awareness though.

[Girl from Celebes 588]

Oh, I mean really? Probably most of female respondents of this study are well-trained martial art. Did they check statistics how many women are victims of domestic violence?

[SingleDad2usc 71]

Thanks for your concern, onye. I'm all set. The article is scientific, as opposed to your subjective note. The article may be of extreme importance to male victims of DV and their advocates - so it wouldn't do much fairness to try and shut them up.

On a quite more constructive note: some of the findings here are counter-intuitive, if not revolutionary. I'd be much interested if someone came up with scientific data that debunks these findings

[BBCC 16]

Thanks for your concern, onye. I'm all set. The article is scientific, as opposed to your subjective note. The article may be of extreme importance to male victims of DV and their advocates - so it wouldn't do much fairness to try and shut them up.

On a quite more constructive note: some of the findings here are counter-intuitive, if not revolutionary. I'd be much interested if someone came up with scientific data that debunks these findings

Even I don't believe it. But agree this does happen more than reported.

Edited June 30, 2014 by BBCC

[SingleDad2usc 71]

I don't know the significance of your "even"; but again, these scientific conclusions are new and counter-intuitive. I'd like to NOT believe their research, too. So I encourage anyone interested in the matter to further research and produce scientific evidence to the contrary

[onye uwaoma 131]

Much as I am not against your post, I strongly feel it was posted here to cause distractions and pitch the female folks against their male counterpart in the debate you intended by your post.

[SingleDad2usc 71]

No. As you see, I emphasize objective approach. I am further interested in debunkment of these findings - of course, in the scientific way

[Girl from Celebes 588]

Much as I am not against your post, I strongly feel it was posted here to cause distractions and pitch the female folks against their male counterpart in the debate you intended by your post.

Agree with you. This post is nothing to do with immigration to the US. He should've posted on off topic sub-forum. Or MODs moved to the appropriate sub-forum.

Edited June 30, 2014 by Girl from Celebes

[onye uwaoma 131]

Exactly.

[onye uwaoma 131]

What do you want to debunk? Do we have men who are voilent and abusive to their wife/partner? If we do, what is the benefit of knowing who abuse more than the other? Unless you are claiming that verbal abuse are exlusive to the female folks only, which of course cannot be. Your post is not needed in this forum for crying out loud.

[SingleDad2usc 71]

Absolutely wrong: these new scientific findings have equally as much to do with Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits as any of the hundreds other topics. Read the article: this is a new scientific study of Domestic Violence, domestic partner control and disagreements. This is precisely pertinent to almost all couples starting out their new life together in the US - where one of them is in sponsoring function.

It's way too easy to be closing eyes on scientific studies, and to be putting own spin on forum. The controversial conclusions of this study deserve heed - or deserve debunking

[Girl from Celebes 588]

Absolutely wrong: these new scientific findings have equally as much to do with Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits as any of the hundreds other topics. Read the article: this is a new scientific study of Domestic Violence, domestic partner control and disagreements. This is precisely pertinent to almost all couples starting out their new life together in the US - where one of them is in sponsoring function.

It's way too easy to be closing eyes on scientific studies, and to be putting own spin on forum. The controversial conclusions of this study deserve heed - or deserve debunking

No one is close their eyes of the study as far as my concern. The other poster and I are simply stated that this post is not related to immigration to the US. If the study is about " women are more likely to be verbally/psychically aggressive toward their partners in term of immigration to the US" I would completely agree that you have already posted on appropriate sub-forum.

Edited June 30, 2014 by Girl from Celebes

[SingleDad2usc 71]

...as in DV scientific study (that, incidentally, calls to re-think intervention approaches) is irrelevant to USCIS self-petitioners and advocates?

I'll give you an easy example: VAWA, of course, is pertinent. Do you know how many men DO NOT self-petition just because of the act's name? Or how many people out there think in sarcastic tones about such male petition? The impact of blind (to science) attitude is huge.

Edited June 30, 2014 by SingleDad2usc

[onye uwaoma 131]

Wait a minute! Men and women USCs bring their spouses to the State. Are you inferring that women are the only abusers of their spouses and men are not? I will be interest in a solution to domestic abuse rather than trying to ridicule women folks as abusers and make the men innocent. This post has no help here I repeat! Off topic forum or elsewhere will be more appropiete for it.