Portland State University, Portland, OR 97202-0751, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2011 May;26(7):1366-87. doi: 10.1177/0886260510369132. Epub 2010 Jun 28.
In contrast to the extensive literature on women's decisions to leave violent relationships, there is little research examining relationship continuity from the offending male's perspective. Similarly, research exploring relationship satisfaction in men arrested for intimate partner violence (IPV) is lacking, despite the fact that dissatisfaction appears to increase risk for future IPV. The present study explored these issues using a large sample of men who were recently convicted of violence toward a female intimate partner (N = 1,130). More than half of the men (59%) reported that they were continuing or planning to continue their relationship. Factors associated with relationship continuity included older age, being married to the victim, having children together, attributing less blame to the victim for the recent offense, and having a childhood history of family violence. Among men who were continuing their relationship, low relationship satisfaction was predicted by having children, expressing hostile attitudes toward women, being jealous, blaming the victim for the arrest incident, and describing the victim as aggressive. Implications of the findings for clinical practice and research are discussed.
与关于女性决定离开暴力关系的广泛文献相比，从犯罪男性的角度研究关系连续性的研究很少。同样，尽管研究表明不满似乎会增加未来发生亲密伴侣暴力的风险，但探索因亲密伴侣暴力而被捕的男性的关系满意度的研究也很少。本研究使用最近因暴力侵害女性亲密伴侣而被定罪的大量男性样本（N=1130）探讨了这些问题。超过一半的男性（59%）表示他们正在或计划继续他们的关系。与关系连续性相关的因素包括年龄较大、与受害者结婚、有共同的孩子、对最近的犯罪事件对受害者的指责较少，以及童年时期有家庭暴力史。在继续他们关系的男性中，有孩子、对女性表现出敌对态度、嫉妒、将被捕事件归咎于受害者以及将受害者描述为攻击性的男性，其关系满意度较低。讨论了这些发现对临床实践和研究的意义。
