title: Intimate terrorism and situational couple violence in general surveys: ex-spouses required.
abstract: In this article, we argue that past efforts to distinguish among types of intimate partner violence in general survey data have committed a critical error--using data on current spouses to develop operationalizations of intimate terrorism and situational couple violence. We use ex-spouse data from the National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS) to develop new operationalizations. We then demonstrate that NVAWS current spouse data contain little intimate terrorism; we argue that this is likely to be the case for all general surveys. In addition, the ex-spouse data confirm past findings regarding a variety of differences between intimate terrorism and situational couple violence, including those predicted by feminist theories.
authors: The Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA.
authors: Michael P
authors: MP
authors: Johnson
authors: Janel M
authors: JM
authors: Leone
authors: Yili
authors: Y
authors: Xu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015982:Bias; D003625:Data Collection; D054541:Family Conflict; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013179:Spouse Abuse; D023481:Terrorism; D014754:Violence
keywords: intimate partner violence; intimate terrorism; situational couple violence