Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Prior reviews have identified elevated trait anger as a risk factor for intimate partner violence IPV perpetration. Given that 10 years have passed since the last comprehensive review of this literature, we provide an updated meta-analytic review examining associations among anger, hostility, internalizing negative emotions, and IPV for male and female perpetrators.
One hundred and five effect sizes from 64 independent samples 61 studies were included for analysis. IPV perpetration was moderately associated with the constructs of anger, hostility, and internalizing negative emotions. This association appeared stronger for those who perpetrated moderate to severe IPV compared to those who perpetrated low to moderate IPV, and did not vary across perpetrator sex, measurement method, relationship type, or perpetrator population.
Implications and limitations of findings were reviewed in the context of theoretical models of IPV, and future directions for empirical and clinical endeavors were proposed. Keywords: Anger, Hostility, Internalizing negative emotions, Intimate partner violence, Meta-analysis. Intimate partner violence IPV , defined as physical, sexual, or psychological harm perpetrated by a current or former romantic partner Saltzman et al. Over a lifetime, more than 1 in 3 women The economic burden of the aforementioned acts amounts to more than 8.
Thus, the ongoing search for reliable risk factors for IPV perpetration is essential to promote: 1 the development of comprehensive etiological models of IPV; 2 improvement of IPV risk assessment methods; and 3 development of empirically supported intervention and treatment programs for perpetrators of IPV.
In the present paper, we will review the available research evidence regarding the status of anger, hostility, and internalizing negative emotions as risk factors for IPV. Prior reviews have suggested that anger and hostility are moderately, if inconsistently, associated with IPV-related outcomes e. Moreover, longitudinal studies have also suggested that a pattern of negative affect may prospectively predict IPV in the transition from adolescence to adulthood e.
