TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Is it coercive controlling violence? A cross-sectional domestic violence and abuse survey of men attending general practice in England
JO  - Psychology of violence
A1  - Hester, Marianne
A1  - Jones, Cassandra
A1  - Williamson, Emma
A1  - Fahmy, Eldin
A1  - Feder, Gene
SP  - 417
EP  - 427
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Surveys that examine prevalence of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) without consideration of impact, severity or context have limitations. The article uses results from the first survey of a European clinical male population, the largest such study internationally, that measured a range of emotional, physical and sexual behaviors that could be construed as DVA, including experience and perpetration, and a range of impacts. The article asks to what extent the behavior reported by the men can be characterized as coercive controlling violence. <br><br>METHOD: A survey was administered to male patients in 16 general practices (family medicine clinics) in England. Of 1,368 respondents who completed 4 screening questions regarding behavior consistent with DVA, 707 (52%) completed detailed questions on lifetime experience of possibly harmful emotional, physical and sexual behaviors, perpetration, and impacts, and if they had ever been in a domestically violent or abusive relationship. One-way analysis of variance was used to establish optimal thresholds across abuse and impact scales in order to ascertain severity of men's reported experiences. <br><br>RESULTS: More than half (52.5%; 95% confidence interval: 48.7% to 55.9%) the men reported experiencing potentially harmful physical, emotional or sexual behavior from a partner, however only 4.4% of the men experienced coercive controlling violence and of those nearly half also reported perpetration against their partner. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Although a large minority of men presenting to general practice experience or perpetrate DVA behavior in relationships, only a small minority experience coercive controlling violence and only 1 in 40 have experienced such violence as victims only. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2152-0828
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/vio0000107
ID  - ref1
ER  -