Implementing Gender Motivation Theory in Intimate Partner Violence

Zeev Winstok, Wafa Sowan, Benjamin Bailey, Ronit Smadar-Dror, Michael Weinberg, David Melhausen-Hasson, Ruth Berkowitz, Zeev Crombie

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Abstract

The aim of this article is to present and examine the principles of gender motivation theory against a backdrop of research findings accumulated over time. This theory is founded on two general, established, major theories: sexual selection theory and social role theory. Gender motivation theory focuses on the elementary primal motivations of men and women in social situations and contexts. This theory provides a theoretical foundation for a gendered understanding of intimate relationships among normative and clinical populations. Gender motivation theory was developed as a response to the existing discrepancies between previously developed theories whose principles continue to be used to understand and intervene with intimate partner violence and as a response to empirical data accumulated over the years.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)437-456
Number of pages20
JournalPartner Abuse
Volume15
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

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Keywords

  • gender
  • gender motivation theory
  • intimate partner
  • patriarchy theories
  • violence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gender Studies
  • Social Psychology
  • Health(social science)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Law

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