Control Issues: Examining the Relationship between Low Self-Control and Intimate Partner Violence for both Perpetrators and Victims

Authors

  • Sriram Chintakrindi California State University, Stanislaus, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4039-4262
  • Suditi Gupta California State University, Stanislaus, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2022.11.12

Keywords:

Intimate partner violence, low self-control, social learning, risk-factors, theory testing

Abstract

Gottfredson and Hirschi’s (1990) low self-control theory is linked to individual-level non-violent and violent criminal offending. In this study, we examine secondary-data collected from a transnational sample of survey respondents (n = 17404) to test a predictive model of low self-control on outcomes related to intimate partner violence for both perpetrators and victims. We control for several variables related to socio-demographic characteristics, substance use history, and deviance history when we test our model using logistic regression analysis. The results from our analysis indicates that a unidimensional measure of low self-control is a consistent and statistically significant predictor of outcomes related to intimate partner violence, even when control variables are entered into the model. These findings have strong policy implications for identifying risk-factors and interventions associated with intimate partner violence.

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2022-10-07

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Chintakrindi, S., & Gupta, S. (2022). Control Issues: Examining the Relationship between Low Self-Control and Intimate Partner Violence for both Perpetrators and Victims. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 11, 104–120. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2022.11.12

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