The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Feb;36(3-4):1520-1543. doi: 10.1177/0886260517743548. Epub 2017 Nov 22.
Research indicates that intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization is a gendered phenomenon with a plethora of studies exploring the relationship between sex and IPV experiences. The literature, however, has primarily focused on IPV among young couples with limited attention to how abuse manifests and changes as individuals grow old. In particular, studies have not fully analyzed how coercive control experiences vary across age, as well as by sex. The current study expands upon prior work using data from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) to investigate how the effects of sex on two forms of coercive control, intimidation and surveillance, are moderated by age, while controlling for health impairment and other key demographic characteristics. The findings reveal that older persons regardless of gender are less likely to experience surveillance or intimidation. However, men compared with women are significantly more likely to report surveillance, and younger women are significantly more likely to report experiencing intimidation compared with younger men. Implications and directions for future research are presented.
研究表明，亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）受害是一种性别现象，有大量研究探讨了性别与 IPV 经历之间的关系。然而，文献主要集中在年轻夫妇中的 IPV 上，而对个人随着年龄增长时虐待行为的表现和变化关注有限。特别是，研究尚未充分分析胁迫控制经验如何因年龄和性别而异。本研究利用全国亲密伴侣和性暴力调查（NISVS）的数据扩展了先前的工作，以调查性对两种形式的胁迫控制（恐吓和监视）的影响如何因年龄而变化，同时控制健康受损和其他关键人口统计学特征。研究结果表明，无论性别如何，老年人不太可能经历监视或恐吓。然而，与女性相比，男性更有可能报告监视，而年轻女性比年轻男性更有可能报告受到恐吓。提出了研究的意义和未来研究的方向。
