| Perceptions of violence and marital adjustment within couples seeking treatment for issues related to intimate partner violence were examined. Whereas men and women appeared similar in reported acts of perpetrating and being victimized by physical violence, there was a significant difference between women's victimization by non-physical violence and men's perpetration of non-physical violence. Women reported being victimized by non-physical violence to a significantly greater extent than men reported perpetrating. As well, women reported that their partners perpetrated more non-physical acts of violence than they did. Women reported significantly lower rates of dyadic adjustment than their partners did. Significant correlation was found between dyadic adjustment and men's physical and non-physical victimization and men's perpetrated non-physical violence. As well, the relationship between dyadic adjustment and violence was significant for women when they experienced non-physical violence at the hands of their partner and when they perpetrated physical and non-physical violence. |
