Gender Differences in Intimate Partner Violence via Electronic Communication Technology: An Exploratory Study of Older Adolescents and Young Adults

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ABSTRACT

Much work has been done on factors that contribute to intimate partner violence (IPV), including growing up in a violent home and the role of peers. Despite the ascendency in the past decade of the Internet and social media in modern life, research on how electronic communication technology (ECT) facilitates IPV is still in the early stages. Prior research suggests differences between males and females in both IPV, and in electronic communication as relates to dating violence. The present study examined gender differences in relationship violence and ECT-usage among young women and men ages 18 to 30 that were dating, engaged and married. This study builds on earlier research that used samples of dating adolescents. Neither gender nor ECT was a strong predictor of IPV. Aggression towards peers, and peers’ IPV experiences, were positive, moderate, and consistently significant predictors of IPV. Implications for prevention and intervention programming are discussed.

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Hassett-Walker, C. (2019) Gender Differences in Intimate Partner Violence via Electronic Communication Technology: An Exploratory Study of Older Adolescents and Young Adults. Psychology, 10, 1663-1687. doi: 10.4236/psych.2019.1012110.

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