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Makale Özeti: Assessing Gender Role of Partner-Violent Men Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) : Comparing Abuser Types

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a type of abusive behavior in a significant relationship among partners. This type of abuser behavior could be physical and psychological and it occurs in order to gain control or power over another partner. Evidences indicates that women experience more severe injuries and long lasting symptoms than men and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression and anxiety is the psychological effects for women in IPV. IPV has lots of negative effects for this reason researchers examined this negative effects. These are biological, genetic, stress and psychological factors. Sociological factors also affect the men violence toward women. Traditional masculine leads to an expectation of male dominance and female subordination and IPV is learned and nurtured in a patriarchal society and this society’s idea is IPV is an act of dominance and power. Childhood exposures of parental violence affect later possibility of aggression toward partner.
MMPI-2 is used for assessment of IPV. It creates personality profiles to enhance treatment matching and gives information on psychopathology and also MMPI-2 have scales that can provide a general assessment gender role. Masculinity and femininity includes four scales. These are Masculinity-Femininity (Mf), Gender Role-Feminine (GF), Gender Role-Masculine (GM), and Ego Inflation (Ma4). Purpose of this study are to examine male partner abusers’ gender role using the MMPI-2 structural summary masculinity-femininity and differences between abuser types with respect to exposure to childhood parental IPV and severity IPV used against a partner.
121 men participants included in this study. 95 men show violence against their partner and 26 do not show partner violence (no history of IPV). The IPV group ranged in age from 17to 58 years. Researchers conducted a profile analysis of the MMPI-2’s eight clinical scales in this study. These are Hypochondriasis, Depression, Hysteria, Psychopathic Deviant, Paranoia, Psycho-asthenia, Schizophrenia, and Hypomania. Also masculinity and femininity exist in the MMPI-2 scales.
Men who score higher on the Mf scale are described as dependent, passive, and identify feminine roles. Lower scoring men strongly identify with traditional masculine role and present as extremely masculine. On the GF scale, men with higher scores have feminine characteristics such as interdependency and sensitivity and lower scores of GF have opposite of the feminine characteristics. Higher score on the GM scale are self-confident, independent and lower scores are fearful, socially introverted, and have little interest in masculine activities. Lower scores on the Ma4 scale have feminine characteristics such as, ease in speaking about emotions, preference for cooperation about high scores on the Ma4 have masculine characteristics such as hostility, rebellious and impulsivity. Higher scorers on the Low Self-Esteem scale (LSE) reflect feeling less capable, less self-confident, and more dependent. Low scorers on the LSE see themselves capable and self-confident.
These results support the view that partner violent men are a diverse group in terms of psychopathology and severity of IPV. Beside this, gender role is very effective. Thus, appropriate treatment should be selected according to the patient. The MMPI-2 appears to be a useful instrument for obtaining general profile information on traditional gender role for partner-violent men.

Referans:
Lawson, D. M., Brossart, D.F. & Shefferman, L.W.(2009) Assessing gender role of partner-violent men using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) : Comparing Abuser Types, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 567–572.

Makaleyi özetleyen: Dolunay Hatipoğlu

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