Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Marital satisfaction and marital discord as risk markers for intimate partner violence: a meta analytic review
Other Titles:	Journal of family violence
Authors:	Smith, Douglas B Ward, David B Stith, Sandra M Green, Narkia M
Keywords:	Risk factors
Year:	2008
Publisher:	Kluwer Academic Plenum Publishers
Citation:	23 (3), April 2008
Notes:	A meta-analysis investigating the relationship between marital satisfaction/discord and intimate partner violence (IPV) in heterosexual relationships was conducted with 32 articles. Overall, a small-to-moderate effect size (r = -0.27) indicated a significant and negative relationship existed between marital satisfaction/discord and IPV. Moderator analyses found no differences between effect size based on construct examined (discord or satisfaction). However, the magnitudes of observed effect sizes were influenced by other moderator variables, including the use of standardized versus non-standardized measures, gender of the offender and victim, role in the violence (perpetrator versus victim), and sample type (clinical versus community). The data suggests that gender is an especially important moderator variable in understanding the relationship between marital satisfaction/discord and IPV. [?2008 Springer. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SpringerLink.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15748
ISSN:	0885-7482
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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