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dc.contributor.authorFrey, Ronen
dc.contributor.authorTowler, Annaen
dc.contributor.authorEivers, Areanaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:32:26Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:32:26Z-
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.identifier.citationAdvance online publication, 28 March 2017en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/17408-
dc.description.abstractIn response to the high rates of intimate partner abuse (IPA) among young adults and related negative health effects, this study examined 18- to 26-year-old Australians’ perceptions of unhealthy partner behaviors that may constitute early warning signs of abuse in intimate relationships. This research is the first to examine gender differences on this issue in a young adult population. A convenience sample of 49 males and 152 females (N = 201) completed an online survey, rating how seriously they viewed a list of partner warning sign behaviors (WSBs). WSBs consisted of three subscales: Dominance-Possessiveness, Denigration, and Conflict-Retaliation. Participants’ perceived seriousness of WSBs was analyzed by gender and WSB type. Results revealed large and significant gender differences in perceptions of WSBs, with females likely to rate all WSBs more seriously than males. Furthermore, females’ responses were negatively skewed and leptokurtotic indicating high levels of convergence in the view that such behaviors are a concern. Analysis by WSB type revealed that conflict-retaliation behaviors were perceived most seriously by both genders, with more than half of males and 67% of females rating these as very serious. In contrast, significantly lower levels of perceived seriousness were observed for denigration and dominance-possessiveness behaviors. Half to two thirds of females viewed dominance-possessiveness and denigration WSBs as very serious, respectively, whereas just one third of males endorsed both these WSB types as very serious. Findings reveal that females have a heightened awareness of the subtle warning signs of abuse in intimate relationships and that as partner WSBs become more overt, both genders are more likely to recognize them as serious. Findings also indicate that subtler WSBs, such as control and denigration, are less readily identified as unhealthy, particularly among males.<br/ ><br/ >Keywords: intimate partner abuse, warning signs, young adults, gender differences, domestic violence, perceptions of domestic violenceen
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherSage journalsen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Interpersonal Violenceen
dc.subjectSocial attitudesen
dc.subjectIntimate partner violenceen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectDating violenceen
dc.subjectSurveysen
dc.subjectYouthen
dc.titleWarning signs of partner abuse in intimate relationships : gender differences in young adults' perceptions of seriousnessen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.catalogid14658en
dc.identifier.urlhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886260517696869en
dc.subject.keywordintimate partner violenceen
dc.subject.keywordYoung adulten
dc.subject.keywordGender disparityen
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dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.readinglistANROWS Notepad 2020 September 24en
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of interpersonal violenceen
dc.date.entered2017-04-03en
dc.subject.listANROWS Notepad 2020 September 24en
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