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Psychological Theories of Intimate Partner Violence

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Psychological theories that attempt to explain the etiology of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration have been at the forefront of IPV research, practice, and policy efforts for many decades. In the present chapter, we provide an overview of several specific psychological theories of IPV (CBT, trauma-informed, and psychopathology-stress), as well as recent developments in constructing more comprehensive, multifactorial theories of IPV perpetration, such as the I3 Model. These approaches are noteworthy for their strong empirical support, as well as their ability to generate clinically relevant conclusions that are applicable to emerging interventions for IPV perpetrators. While these models have yielded ample empirical findings that have substantially aided our understanding of the psychological processes that may underlie IPV perpetration risk, much work remains regarding how these findings can be specifically integrated into interventions for IPV offenders and effectively disseminated to practitioners in diverse clinical settings.

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  3. Dept of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    L. Kevin Hamberger

  4. Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA

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  5. Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Viola Vaughan-Eden

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    Victor I. Vieth

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Eckhardt, C.I., Massa, A.A. (2020). Psychological Theories of Intimate Partner Violence. In: Geffner, R., White, J.W., Hamberger, L.K., Rosenbaum, A., Vaughan-Eden, V., Vieth, V.I. (eds) Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62122-7_137-1

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