title: Intimate Partner Violence in Men Voluntarily Attending Treatment: A Study of Couple Agreement.
abstract: Most studies examining couple agreement on intimate partner violence (IPV) have found low agreement on levels of violence. This study explored agreement on male-perpetrated IPV in a sample of 93 couples where the man was voluntarily seeking IPV treatment. Five different types of violence were assessed: physical, physically controlling, psychological, property, and sexual. The results were mixed. When disagreement was found, this resulted from men attending IPV treatment reporting less violence than their partners. However, only psychological violence was consistently reported differently. Reliability estimates ranged from poor to moderate. Couples reported on sexual violence with less reliability than physical or physically controlling violence when referring to a typical month last year. Measurement of different types of violence among both partners in a couple is recommended in clinical and research settings as well as thorough discussions with clients voluntarily enrolled in treatment for IPV on what constitutes violence.
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: John-Filip
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Strandmoen
authors.forename: Ingunn Rangul
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Askeland
authors.forename: Odd-Arne
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Tjersland
authors.forename: Tore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wentzel-Larsen
authors.forename: Trond
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019546:Couples Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires