Abstract
A couple’s relationship is very important to marital well-being as well as the harmony of family and society. Violent behaviors
in marriage have bad effects on people’s physical and mental health and cause large social burdens. In this study, we investigated
194 couples in Beijing to explore the status and characteristics of couple violence from three aspects by using Revised Conflict
Tactics Scale (CTS2). We conclude that: (1) Couple violence is universal, although the frequency is not so high. Prevalence
and frequency of psychological violence are higher than physical and sexual violence; rate of wives’ victimization is significantly
higher than that of husbands; frequency of the perpetration of sexual violence by husbands is significantly higher than that
by wives. (2) There is concurrence of different types of couple violence. Specifically, physical and sexual violence are usually
accompanied by psychological violence; however, psychological violence exists independently. (3) Couple violence is often
bidirectional, especially in psychological violence. (4) Marital length is negatively correlated to wives’ perpetration of
physical violence and their victimization of sexual violence.
in marriage have bad effects on people’s physical and mental health and cause large social burdens. In this study, we investigated
194 couples in Beijing to explore the status and characteristics of couple violence from three aspects by using Revised Conflict
Tactics Scale (CTS2). We conclude that: (1) Couple violence is universal, although the frequency is not so high. Prevalence
and frequency of psychological violence are higher than physical and sexual violence; rate of wives’ victimization is significantly
higher than that of husbands; frequency of the perpetration of sexual violence by husbands is significantly higher than that
by wives. (2) There is concurrence of different types of couple violence. Specifically, physical and sexual violence are usually
accompanied by psychological violence; however, psychological violence exists independently. (3) Couple violence is often
bidirectional, especially in psychological violence. (4) Marital length is negatively correlated to wives’ perpetration of
physical violence and their victimization of sexual violence.
- Content Type Journal Article
- DOI 10.1007/s10896-010-9343-3
- Authors
- Juan Hou, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 People’s Republic of China
- Li Yu, Beijing No. 5 Middle School, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Siu-Man Raymond Ting, Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Counselor Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC USA
- Yee Tak Sze, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 People’s Republic of China
- Xiaoyi Fang, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 People’s Republic of China
- Journal Journal of Family Violence
- Online ISSN 1573-2851
- Print ISSN 0885-7482