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 ‘Micro-Cultures’ of Conflict: Couple-Level Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood
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              307620
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*Journal of Marriage and Family* Volume: 84 Issue: 4 Dated: 2022 Pages: 1062-1080
Author(s)
          Peggy C. Giordano;
                        Mackenzie M. Grace;
                        Monica A. Longmore;
                        Wendy D. Manning
Date Published

2022
Length
              19 pages
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              This paper describes an analysis of couple-level concerns and ways in which dyadic communication contributes to young-adult couples’ shared understandings about reasons for conflict in their relationships.
Abstract
              The purpose of this paper is to highlight the development of young adult couples' shared understandings about reasons for conflict in their relationships, views about why some disagreements included the use of aggression (“causes”), and gendered perspectives on these relationship dynamics. Feminist theories have centered on relationship dynamics associated with intimate partner violence (IPV), but have focused primarily on men's concerns, such as jealousy, and use of violence as a means of control over female partners. The current analysis drew on symbolic interaction theory as a framework for exploring couple-level concerns, and ways in which dyadic communication contributes to these understandings, or what can be considered “micro-cultures” of conflict. The study relied on in-depth interviews with a heterogeneous sample of IPV-experienced young adults who had participated in a larger longitudinal study, Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS), and separate interviews with their partners. Analyses revealed that women's concerns about men's actions (e.g., infidelity) were frequently cited as reasons for serious conflicts and showed significant concordance in partners' reports. Shared understandings sometimes extended to views on the role of more distal causes, such as family background, and the meaning(s) of each partner's use of aggression. Gendered dynamics included men's tendency to minimize women's concerns, and both partners' more open discussions of women's perpetration. The paper concludes that theories of IPV and associated programmatic efforts should include attention to the social construction of these “micro-cultures,” as these shared meanings affect behavior, are potentially malleable, and add to the more intuitive focus on one-sided forces of control and constraint. Publisher Abstract Provided
      
  
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                                2010-MU-MU-0031


  
  
        
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        Life Course, Relationship, and Situational Contexts of Teen Dating Violence
                                Life Course, Relationship, and Situational Contexts of Teen Dating Violence
    
  
  
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