TY - JOUR
T1 - Low intensity intimate partner aggression in Ghana: Support for the revised gender symmetry theory in an African country
AU - Darko, George
AU - Björkqvist, Kaj
AU - Österman, Karin
N1 - 12 mån embargo
bett om fulltext 26.6.20 JÖ
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Sex differences in the perpetration and victimization of low intensity intimate partner aggression (IPA) were investigated in Ghana. The sample consisted of 1,204 adults (mean age 44.1 yrs., SD 13.5), 602 males and 602 females. IPA was measured with the DIAS‐Adult questionnaire, which measures perpetration and victimization of physical, indirect, nonverbal, cyber, and economic aggression in a relationship. Males scored higher than females on being victimized by their partner from physical, indirect, and nonverbal aggression, while females scored higher than males on being perpetrators of physical, indirect, nonverbal, and cyber aggression. A high educational level was positively associated with both perpetration and victimization of IPA. This is the second study to report men being more victimized by low intensity IPA than women in an African nation, thus finding support for Archer's (2018) revised gender symmetry theory of IPA not only in Western, but also in African countries.
AB - Sex differences in the perpetration and victimization of low intensity intimate partner aggression (IPA) were investigated in Ghana. The sample consisted of 1,204 adults (mean age 44.1 yrs., SD 13.5), 602 males and 602 females. IPA was measured with the DIAS‐Adult questionnaire, which measures perpetration and victimization of physical, indirect, nonverbal, cyber, and economic aggression in a relationship. Males scored higher than females on being victimized by their partner from physical, indirect, and nonverbal aggression, while females scored higher than males on being perpetrators of physical, indirect, nonverbal, and cyber aggression. A high educational level was positively associated with both perpetration and victimization of IPA. This is the second study to report men being more victimized by low intensity IPA than women in an African nation, thus finding support for Archer's (2018) revised gender symmetry theory of IPA not only in Western, but also in African countries.
KW - Ghana
KW - intimate partner aggression
KW - low intensity aggression
KW - revised gender symmetry theory
KW - Ghana
KW - intimate partner aggression
KW - low intensity aggression
KW - revised gender symmetry theory
KW - Ghana
KW - intimate partner aggression
KW - low intensity aggression
KW - revised gender symmetry theory
U2 - 10.1002/ab.21796
DO - 10.1002/ab.21796
M3 - Artikel
SN - 0096-140X
VL - 45
SP - 52
EP - 61
JO - Aggressive Behavior
JF - Aggressive Behavior
IS - 1
ER -