Agreement on Intimate Partner Violence among a Sample of Blue-Collar Couples

Autor/inn/en	Cunradi, Carol B.; Bersamin, Melina; Ames, Genevieve
Titel	Agreement on Intimate Partner Violence among a Sample of Blue-Collar Couples
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (2009) 4, S.551-568 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260508317189
Schlagwörter	Family Violence; Working Class; Intimacy; At Risk Persons; Social Influences; Social Class; Incidence; Aggression; Interviews; Child Rearing; Racial Differences; Marital Status; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Conflict; California; Conflict Tactics Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeiterklasse; Intimität; Risikogruppe; Sozialer Einfluss; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Vorkommen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kindererziehung; Rassenunterschied; Familienstand; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Konflikt; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study assessed agreement level about the occurrence of past-year male-to-female partner violence (MFPV) and female-to-male partner violence (FMPV) among a sample of 897 blue-collar couples. Intimate partner violence (IPV) was measured with the Physical Assault subscale of the revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2). Agreement level was assessed with Cohen's kappa statistic. Lower-bound estimates (based on couple agreement that an IPV event occurred) and upper-bound estimates (based on uncorroborated reports from either partner that an IPV event occurred) were calculated. Results indicated low agreement for most IPV behaviors ([kappa] less than 0.40). Estimated lower- and upper-bound rates for MFPV were 6.7% and 21.2%, for FMPV, 7.1% and 24.2%, and for any IPV, 10.1% and 30.2%. Findings suggest that single-point IPV prevalence estimates are biased; lower- and upper-bound estimates using collateral reports should be calculated when possible. In addition, findings underscore the importance of conducting IPV research among understudied populations, such as working-class couples, that may be at elevated IPV risk. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10