Reported Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence among Adolescent Girls: Motivations and IPV Victimization

• Main Authors: Emily R. Kahn (Author), Tracy L. Finlayson (Author), Lucinda Rasmussen (Author), Anita Raj (Author), Jay G. Silverman (Author), Melanie Rusch (Author), Elizabeth Reed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Studies on intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration by girls and women have found self-defense is a common motivation. Current items-namely the abbreviated items from the Conflicts Tactics Scale (CTS)-used to measure IPV perpetration may be counting these girls/women as perpetrators...