RT Article
T1 On the Relationship Between Cyber Abuse Perpetration and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: A Social Interactionist Approach
JF Victims & offenders
VO 20
IS 5/6
SP 1086
OP 1103
A1 Torres-Rivera, Valeria
A1 Aranda-Hughes, Vivian
A1 Zavala, Egbert
A2 Aranda-Hughes, Vivian
A2 Zavala, Egbert
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1932757120
AB Prior research has documented a link between cyber abuse perpetration and physical intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. Individuals who engage in cyber abuse perpetration are also more likely to experience physical IPV victimization. One theoretical perspective that may explain this relationship is Richard Felson’s social interactionist theory, which maintains that individuals experiencing stressful life events or negative affective states behave in an aversive demeanor and this behavior motivates others to attack them (negative affective states lead to aversive behavior, which then leads to the initial attack). Using data collected from the Technology, Teen Dating Violence and Abuse, and Bullying in Three States, 2011–2012, the present study tested social interactionist theory by examining the direct and indirect effects of negative affective states (depression, anxiety, and anger) and an aversive demeanor (cyber abuse perpetration) on IPV victimization (depression/anxiety/anger leads to cyber abuse perpetration, which then leads to IPV victimization). Results revealed that the social interactionist theory of victimization modestly explained the relationship between negative affective states and IPV victimization through cyber abuse perpetration. Implications for theory, research, and policy are discussed.
K1 Youth
K1 social interactionist theory
K1 cyber abuse
K1 dating violence
DO 10.1080/15564886.2025.2485127