Abstract
This paper addresses two neglected areas in the research on the relationship between family violence and violence outside the home: violence other than parent-child abuse and the effect of gender. Specifically, we consider both parental and sibling violence as independent variables, nonfamily violence as the dependent variable, and gender as the specification variable. The data were collected from a sample of 306 students in Introductory Sociology and Social Problems classes. The finding of particular importance is that the interaction between the gender of both the aggressor and the victim has a significant effect on the relationship between violence within the home and nonfamily violence.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
Bolton, F. G., Reich, J. W. and Gutierres, S. E. (1977). Delinquency patterns in maltreated children and siblings.Victimology 2: 349–357.
Findkelhor, D., Gelles, R. J., Hotaling, G. T., and Straus, M. (eds.) (1983).The Dark Side of Families, Sage, Beverly Hills.
Gully, K. J., Dengerink, H. A., Pepping, M. and Bergstrom, D. (1981). Research note: Sibling contribution to violent behavior.J. Marr. Fam 43: 333–337.
Gully, K. J. Pepping, J., and Dengerink, H. A. (1982). Gender differences in third-party reports of violence.J. Marr. Fam 44: 497–498.
Hunner, R. J., and Walker, Y. E. (eds.) (1981).Exploring the Relationship Between Child Abuse and Delinquency, Allanheld and Osmun, Montclair.
Johnson, J. (ed.) (1981).J. Fam. Issues 2, (December), entire issue.
Koski, P. R. (1987). Family violence and nonfamily deviance: Taking stock of the literature.Marr. Fam. Rev. 12: 23–46.
McCord, J. (1984). Parental Aggressiveness and Physical Punishment in Long-Term Perspective. Paper presented at the Second National Conference for Family Violence Researchers, Durham, NH, August.
Norland, S., Shover, N., Thornton, W. E., and James, J. (1979). Intrafamily conflict and delinquency.Pac. Soc. Rev. 22: 223–240.
Reich, J. W., and Gutierres, S. E. (1979). Escape/aggression incidence in sexually abused juvenile delinquents.Crim. Just. Beh. 6: 239–243.
Straus, M. A. (1979). Measuring intrafamily conflict and violence: The conflict tactics (CT) scales.J. Marr. Fam. 41: 75–88.
Straus, M. A. (1981). Family violence and non-family crime and violence. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC.
Straus, M. A., Gelles, R. J., and Steinmetz, S. K. (1980).Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American Family, Anchor, Garden City, New York.
White, H. R., and LaGrange, R. L. (1987). An assessment of gender effects in self report delinquency.Soc. Focus 20: 195–213.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Mangold, W.D., Koski, P.R. Gender comparisons in the relationship between parental and sibling violence and nonfamily violence. J Fam Viol 5, 225–235 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00980818
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00980818