Explaining Intimate partner violence through the lens of situational action theory

Document Type : Research Paper

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university of guilan

10.22051/jwsps.2024.45485.2807

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Explaining Intimate partner violence through the lens of situational action theory



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The main purpose of this article is to investigate why people engage in intimate partner violence (IPV) using situational action theory. For this purpose, using a sample of 450 married men and women referring to family courts, welfare centers, and the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee in Rasht city, who were selected through available sampling, the assumptions of the theory were investigated. The results indicate that weak personal morality (beta coefficient: 0.142), low self-control (beta coefficient: 0.180), weak situational morality (beta coefficient: 0.131), low deterrence (beta coefficient: 0.198) have a significant effect on IPV. Also, gender (beta coefficient: 0.187), age (beta coefficient: -0.111) and education level (beta coefficient: -0.223) have an effect on IPV. Further, the regression model shows that the discussed variables are able to predict 37% of the variance of IPV. Also, the crime propensity moderates the relationship between criminogenic setting and IPV.

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