J. Olaizola, Luis Rodríguez Franco, Lorena Rejano Hernández, Joel Juarros Basterretxea, F. J. Díaz
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Abstract
espanolLos estudios sobre la violencia de pareja (en ingles IPV) generalmente han centrado sus analisis solo en uno de los miembros. Aunque esto ha permitido avanzar en el conocimiento de las causas de la IPV, la literatura reciente ha senalado la necesidad de estudiar a los dos miembros de la pareja. Metodologicamente el estudio de las parejas requiere el uso de tecnicas estadisticas apropiadas para evitar posibles sesgos sistematicos (por ejemplo, error tipo I debido a la dependencia de las observaciones). En este estudio utilizamos el modelo de interdependencia actor-pareja para el estudio de la agresion y la victimizacion en 361 parejas jovenes heterosexuales de jovenes adultos. Los resultados indicaban, por una parte, que habia agresion mutua autoinformada en mas de la mitad de las parejas. Por otro lado, encontramos que el principal predictor de la victimizacion de los participantes fue su propio comportamiento agresivo hacia el otro miembro de la pareja. Este resultado sugiere que la victima y el agresor son la misma persona. Sin embargo, tambien puede ocultar un posible sesgo al alza de las puntuaciones de victimizacion: cuando los participantes son agresivos con sus parejas, pueden sesgar al alza sus puntuaciones de victimizacion para justificar sus niveles de agresion (“Fui agresivo porque me senti victimizado”). EnglishStudies of intimate partner violence (IPV) have generally focused on only one partner. Although this has allowed advances in scientific knowledge on the causes of IPV, currently recent literature is demanding the need to study both members of the couple. Methodologically, the study of dyads requires the use of appropriate statistical techniques to avoid possible systematic biases (for example, type I error due to dependence of observations). We used the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to study aggression and victimization in 361 heterosexual couples of young adults. The results indicated, on the one hand, that self-reported mutual aggression was found in more than 50% of the couples. On the other hand, we found that participants' victimization was largely predicted by their own aggressive behavior towards the other member of the couple. While this result suggests the existence of a victim-offender overlap, it may also hide an upwards victimization scores bias: when participants are aggressive toward their partners, they may bias their victimization scores upwards to justify their levels of aggression (“I was aggressive because I felt victimized”).
期刊介绍:
Psychosocial Intervention is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes papers in all areas relevant to psychosocial intervention at the individual, family, social networks, organization, community, and population levels. The Journal emphasizes an evidence-based perspective and welcomes papers reporting original basic and applied research, program evaluation, and intervention results. The journal will also feature integrative reviews, and specialized papers on theoretical advances and methodological issues. Psychosocial Intervention is committed to advance knowledge, and to provide scientific evidence informing psychosocial interventions tackling social and community problems, and promoting social welfare and quality of life. Psychosocial Intervention welcomes contributions from all areas of psychology and allied disciplines, such as sociology, social work, social epidemiology, and public health. Psychosocial Intervention aims to be international in scope, and will publish papers both in Spanish and English.