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Parenting and Women Arrested for Intimate Partner Violence

¹ University of Tennessee, Memphis
² University of Texas at Arlington

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cathysimmons{at}utk.edu.

	Abstract

Exploring the relationship between parenting and women’s use of violence the current study surveyed 106 mothers arrested for intimate partner violence (IPV) related crimes on parenting styles and attitudes toward when using violence against their partner is justified. Findings indicate parenting styles indicative of low belief in using physical discipline with their child/children and an internal parental locus of control. However, a moderate to weak relationship between parenting styles and justification for using violence against a partner was also found. Although some support for the spillover theory is noted, results are far from conclusive.

First published on October 29, 2009
Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2009, doi:10.1177/0886260509346064


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