Unveiling the Gender Symmetry Debate: Exploring Consequences, Instructions, and Forms of Violence in Intimate Partner Violence

Official statistics and data from police and judicial systems consistently show that intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide problem predominantly affecting women perpetrated by male partners. Yet, certain behavioral checklists yield similar IPV rates for both genders, sparking the gender sym...

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Autores: Zapata-Calvente, Antonella Ludmila, Moya Morales, Miguel Carlos|||0000-0003-2421-7282, Megías, Jesús L.
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Granada (UGR)
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Palabra clave:intimate partner violence against women
gender symmetry debate
Partner Victimization Scale
consequences
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spelling Unveiling the Gender Symmetry Debate: Exploring Consequences, Instructions, and Forms of Violence in Intimate Partner ViolenceZapata-Calvente, Antonella LudmilaMoya Morales, Miguel Carlos|||0000-0003-2421-7282Megías, Jesús L.intimate partner violence against womengender symmetry debatePartner Victimization ScaleconsequencesOfficial statistics and data from police and judicial systems consistently show that intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide problem predominantly affecting women perpetrated by male partners. Yet, certain behavioral checklists yield similar IPV rates for both genders, sparking the gender symmetry/asymmetry debate. Some possible explanations for this discrepancy reside in (a) considering or not the consequences of violence, (b) possible inadequacies of the instructions given to participants when answering checklists, and (c) considering or not certain behaviors typically asymmetrical (e.g., economic violence). In order to test these three hypotheses, we conducted two studies in the Spanish context using the Partner Victimization Scale (PVS). In Study 1, participants (n = 449) answered a Spanish version of the PVS (with the instructions “Not including horseplay or joking around”) and reported consequences of violence on their self-esteem and health. In Study 2 (n = 172), we experimentally manipulated the instructions given to participants when answering the PVS (including those of Study 1 or not) and also added some items of typically asymmetrical violence. Other measures of consequences of violence were assessed. Results of Study 1 replicated the original PVSs factor structure and showed gender asymmetry (more female than male victimization) in four of five items, and the victimization rates were related to consequences of violence, providing construct validity to this version of the scale. Results of Study 2 underlined the relevance of the instructions and of the addition of certain types of violence in the symmetry/asymmetry rates informed. Additionally, the IPV reported was associated with worse consequences for women than for men. Our findings suggest that the detection of IPV increases when the instructions are clarified, when certain items are added, and when the consequences of IPV are considered.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research and/ or authorship of this article: Grant PID2023-152038-I00 funded by MCIU/ AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER,UE (Spain) and grant PAIDI 2020— DOC_00136 funded by Consejería de Universidad, Investigación e Innovación de la Junta de Andalucía to the first author.Sage Journals20242024-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/10481/101268https://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241289477reponame:Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granadainstname:Universidad de Granada (UGR)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:digibug_____::82b3ee482675a044a32a7991393a23b92025-07-12T12:40:41Z
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title Unveiling the Gender Symmetry Debate: Exploring Consequences, Instructions, and Forms of Violence in Intimate Partner Violence
spellingShingle Unveiling the Gender Symmetry Debate: Exploring Consequences, Instructions, and Forms of Violence in Intimate Partner Violence
Zapata-Calvente, Antonella Ludmila
intimate partner violence against women
gender symmetry debate
Partner Victimization Scale
consequences
title_short Unveiling the Gender Symmetry Debate: Exploring Consequences, Instructions, and Forms of Violence in Intimate Partner Violence
title_full Unveiling the Gender Symmetry Debate: Exploring Consequences, Instructions, and Forms of Violence in Intimate Partner Violence
title_fullStr Unveiling the Gender Symmetry Debate: Exploring Consequences, Instructions, and Forms of Violence in Intimate Partner Violence
title_full_unstemmed Unveiling the Gender Symmetry Debate: Exploring Consequences, Instructions, and Forms of Violence in Intimate Partner Violence
title_sort Unveiling the Gender Symmetry Debate: Exploring Consequences, Instructions, and Forms of Violence in Intimate Partner Violence
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zapata-Calvente, Antonella Ludmila
Moya Morales, Miguel Carlos|||0000-0003-2421-7282
Megías, Jesús L.
author Zapata-Calvente, Antonella Ludmila
author_facet Zapata-Calvente, Antonella Ludmila
Moya Morales, Miguel Carlos|||0000-0003-2421-7282
Megías, Jesús L.
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Megías, Jesús L.
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gender symmetry debate
Partner Victimization Scale
consequences
topic intimate partner violence against women
gender symmetry debate
Partner Victimization Scale
consequences
description Official statistics and data from police and judicial systems consistently show that intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide problem predominantly affecting women perpetrated by male partners. Yet, certain behavioral checklists yield similar IPV rates for both genders, sparking the gender symmetry/asymmetry debate. Some possible explanations for this discrepancy reside in (a) considering or not the consequences of violence, (b) possible inadequacies of the instructions given to participants when answering checklists, and (c) considering or not certain behaviors typically asymmetrical (e.g., economic violence). In order to test these three hypotheses, we conducted two studies in the Spanish context using the Partner Victimization Scale (PVS). In Study 1, participants (n = 449) answered a Spanish version of the PVS (with the instructions “Not including horseplay or joking around”) and reported consequences of violence on their self-esteem and health. In Study 2 (n = 172), we experimentally manipulated the instructions given to participants when answering the PVS (including those of Study 1 or not) and also added some items of typically asymmetrical violence. Other measures of consequences of violence were assessed. Results of Study 1 replicated the original PVSs factor structure and showed gender asymmetry (more female than male victimization) in four of five items, and the victimization rates were related to consequences of violence, providing construct validity to this version of the scale. Results of Study 2 underlined the relevance of the instructions and of the addition of certain types of violence in the symmetry/asymmetry rates informed. Additionally, the IPV reported was associated with worse consequences for women than for men. Our findings suggest that the detection of IPV increases when the instructions are clarified, when certain items are added, and when the consequences of IPV are considered.
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