Intimate partner violence and the capacity and desire for self-control. Issue 7 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taralynne Brewer, Krista; Cochran, John K; Powers, Ráchael A; Sellers, Christine S
• Is Part Of: Deviant behavior. Volume 40:Issue 7(2019)
• Page Start: 753
• Page End: 777
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Deviant behavior -- Periodicals; 302.54205
• DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2018.1438066
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0163-9625

Abstract

ABSTRACT: According to Tittle, the effect of self-control on one's criminal offending is a product of both an individual's capacity to exercise self-control as well as their desire to do so. The present study utilized self-report data gathered at a large urban university in Florida ( n = 1, 307) to test both the independent and interactive effects of self-control capacity and self-control desire on intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. The study suggests that while both capacity and desire for control have effects on one's likelihood of reporting IPV perpetration, these effects were independent of each other and no evidence of interaction between to two were observed.