Normative misperceptions of abuse among perpetrators of intimate partner violence.
This research was designed to evaluate the applicability of social norms approaches to interventions with male perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV). Participants included 124 nonadjudicated IPV perpetrating men recruited from the general population who completed assessment of their own IPV behaviors via telephone interviews and estimated the prevalence of behaviors in other men. Results indicated that IPV perpetrators consistently overestimated the percentage of men who engaged in IPV and that their estimates were associated with violence toward their partner over the past 90 days. Findings provide preliminary support for incorporating social norms approaches into clinical applications.
Neighbors
Clayton
C
University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, Texas 77204-5022, USA. cneighbors@uh.edu
Walker
Denise D
DD
Mbilinyi
Lyungai F
LF
O'Rourke
Allison
A
Edleson
Jeffrey L
JL
Zegree
Joan
J
Roffman
Roger A
RA
D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D015995:Prevalence; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012919:Social Behavior; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires