@article{ref1,
title="Self-defense, retaliation, and gender: clarifying motivations for physical partner violence",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="2016",
author="Leisring, Penny A. and Grigorian, Hannah L.",
volume="31",
number="8",
pages="949-953",
abstract="The motivations behind intimate partner violence (IPV) have been a controversial topic. It has been suggested that women's use of IPV mainly occurs in the context of self-defense (Saunders 1986). However, men also report perpetrating IPV in self-defense (Harned 2001; Makepeace 1986). This article differentiates self-defense from retaliation and reviews findings regarding these motives for perpetrators of IPV. Self-defense motives are common among battered women; however, undergraduates and arrested perpetrators often report other motives. Women do not consistently report using violence in self-defense more than men do. Clinical and research implications are discussed and existing self-defense measures are critiqued.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="10.1007/s10896-016-9874-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-016-9874-3"
}