Gender differences in patterns of relationship violence in Alberta From: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science | Date: July 1, 1999| Author: Dutton, Donald G; Kwong, Marilyn J; Bartholomew, Kim | Copyright Canadian Psychological Association Jul 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Abstract

Gender differences in patterns of relationship violence were investigated in a representative sample of adult men (N = 356) and women (N = 351) from the province of Alberta. Respondents reported on their receipt and perpetration of violent acts in the year prior to the survey. Men and women, respectively, reported similar one-year prevalence rates of husband-to-wife violence (12.9% and 9.6%) and wife- to-husband violence (12.3% and 12.5%). However, differential gender patterns...