Table 2.
Summary of common motivations for women’s use of intimate partner violence (IPV)
| Motivation | Studies supporting motivation | Sample | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anger |
Barnett, Lee, & Thelen, 1997 Cascardi & Vivian, 1995 Downs, Rindels, & Atkinson, 2007 Flemke & Allen, 2008 Hamberger, 1997 Hamberger & Guse, 2005 Hamberger, Lohr, & Bonge, 1994 Henning, Jones, & Holdford, 2005 Kernsmith, 2005 Miller & Meloy, 2006 Olson & Lloyd, 2005 Rosen, Stith, Few et al., 2005 Seamans, Rubin, & Stabb, 2007 Stuart, Moore, Hellmuth et al., 2006 Swan & Snow, 2003 Ward & Muldoon, 2007 |
IPV shelters & court Marital therapy group IPV/substance use programs Prison Arrested women Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Arrested women Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Community based Community based Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Batterers’ group/court/ clinic Batterers’ group |
Author-created survey Interview Interview Interview Interview Interview Interview Author-created survey Perceived Behavioral Control Scale Observation of treatment groups Interview Interview Interview Author-created survey Author-created survey Reading incident reports |
| Desiring partner’s attention |
Barnett, Lee, & Thelen, 1997 Carrado, George, Loxam et al., 1996 Hamberger, 1997 Hamberger, Lohr, & Bonge, 1994 O'Leary & Slep, 2006 Olson & Lloyd, 2005 Rosen, Stith, Few et al., 2005 Seamans, Rubin, & Stabb, 2007 Stuart, Moore, Hellmuth et al., 2006 Weston, Marshall, & Coker, 2007 |
IPV shelters & court Community based Arrested women Batterers’ group Community based Community based Community based Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Community based |
Author-created survey Author-created survey Interview Interview Author-created survey Interview Interview Interview Author-created survey Author-created survey |
| Self-defense |
Barnett, Lee, & Thelen, 1997 Carrado, George, Loxam, Jones, & Templar, 1996 Cascardi & Vivian, 1995 Dobash & Dobash, 2004 Downs, Rindels, & Atkinson, 2007 Flemke & Allen, 2008 Hamberger, 1997 Hamberger & Guse, 2005 Hamberger, Lohr, & Bonge, 1994 Henning, Jones, & Holdford, 2005 Kernsmith, 2005 Miller & Meloy, 2006 O'Leary & Slep, 2006 Olson & Lloyd, 2005 Sarantakos, 2004 Saunders, 1986 Seamans, Rubin, & Stabb, 2007 Stuart, Moore, Hellmuth, Ramsey, & Kahler, 2006 Swan & Snow, 2003 Ward & Muldoon, 2007 |
IPV shelters & court Community based Marital therapy group Court IPV/substance use programs Prison Arrested women Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Arrested women Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Community based Community based Community based Shelter/IPV agency Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Batterers’ group/court/ clinic Batterers’ group |
Author-created survey Author-created survey Interview Interview Interview Interview Interview Interview Interview Author-created survey Perceived Behavioral Control Scale Observation of treatment groups Author-created survey Interview Interview Author-created survey Interview Author-created survey Author-created survey Reading incident reports |
| Retaliation |
Carrado, George, Loxam et al., 1996 Dobash & Dobash, 2004 Flemke & Allen, 2008 Hamberger, 1997 Hamberger & Guse, 2005 Hamberger, Lohr, & Bonge, 1994 Kernsmith, 2005 Miller & Meloy, 2006 O'Leary & Slep, 2006 Rosen, Stith, Few et al., 2005 Seamans, Rubin, & Stabb, 2007 Stuart, Moore, Hellmuth et al., 2006 Swan & Snow, 2003 Ward & Muldoon, 2007 Weston, Marshall, & Coker, 2007 |
Community based Court Prison Arrested women Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Community based Community based Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Batterers’ group/court/health Batterers’ group Community based |
Author-created survey Interview Interview Interview Interview Interview Perceived Behavioral Control Scale Observation of treatment groups Author-created survey Interview Interview Author-created survey Author-created survey Reading incident reports Author-created survey |
| Coercive control |
Barnett, Lee, & Thelen, 1997 Carrado, George, Loxam et al., 1996 Cascardi & Vivian, 1995 Hamberger, 1997 Hamberger & Guse, 2005 Hamberger, Lohr, & Bonge, 1994 Kernsmith, 2005 Olson & Lloyd, 2005 Rosen, Stith, Few et al., 2005 Seamans, Rubin, & Stabb, 2007 Stuart, Moore, Hellmuth et al., 2006 Swan & Snow, 2003 Ward & Muldoon, 2007 Weston, Marshall, & Coker, 2007 |
IPV shelters & court Community based Marital therapy group Arrested women Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Community based Community based Batterers’ group Batterers’ group Batterers’ group/court/ clinic Batterers’ group Community based |
Author-created survey Author-created survey Interview Interview Interview Interview Perceived Behavioral Control Scale Interview Interview Interview Author-created survey Author-created survey Reading incident reports Author-created survey |