title: Intimate Partner Violence in Self-Identified Lesbians: A Systematic Review of Its Prevalence and Correlates.
abstract: This article presents the first systematic review on intimate partner violence (IPV) in self-identified lesbians in same-sex couples. Studies published from January 1990 to December 2013 were analyzed. Of the 687 studies reviewed, 59 were preselected, of which 14 studies were selected that met the inclusion and methodological quality criteria. A summary is presented of the characteristics of the studies, the participants, the prevalence of IPV victimization and perpetration, and its correlates. All the studies were carried out in the United States and used a nonprobabilistic sampling method. The majority of participants were White with a high educational level. The results indicate that all the forms of violence occur, but the most prevalent is emotional/psychological violence. The correlates positively associated with IPV are certain personality characteristics, fusion, previous IPV experience, a family history of violence, and alcohol consumption. This review finds significant limitations in the analyzed literature. Methodological recommendations are made for future studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain laura.badenes@uv.es.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Badenes-Ribera
authors.affiliation: Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatments, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Amparo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonilla-Campos
authors.affiliation: Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frias-Navarro
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pons-Salvador
authors.affiliation: Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Hector
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Monterde-I-Bort
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological
keywords: domestic violence; intimate partner violence; lesbian battering; systematic review