Prevalence and Predictors of Psychological Violence Against Male Victims in Intimate Relationships in Canada

SamaelET · 2023-03-23T17:30:47+00:00

The data for this study was drawn from the GSS (Victimization) data of 2014, a regular Canadian nationwide telephone survey conducted every 5 years by Statistics Canada. Using random digit dialing, respondents were sampled and selected from various households across Canada. The study had a field sample size of 79,000 households in the provinces and 3,600 households in the three territories

In terms of the prevalence and occurrence of various forms of psychological violence, 1.2% of the female respondents and 2.2% of the male respondents experienced being limited from contacting their family or friends by their partners or spouses; 3.3% of the female respondents and 2.7% of the male respondents experienced being put down or called names to make them feel bad by their partners or spouses;2% of the female respondents and 4.2% of the male respondents experienced acts of jealousy (i.e., didn’t want the respondent to talk to other people of the opposite sex); 0.6% of the female respondents’ and 0.2% of the male respondents’ partner or spouse harmed or threatened to harm their pets and/or someone close to the victim; 2.5% of the female respondents and 4.6% of the male respondents have partners or spouses who demand their whereabouts; 0.4% of the female respondents and 0.4% of the male respondents experienced their properties or possessions being damaged or destroyed by their partners or spouses; 0.9% of the female respondents and 0.4% of the male respondents were prevented access to the family income by their partners or spouses while 0.3% of the female respondents and 0.3% of the male respondents were forced to give money or possessions by their partners or spouses.

An increase in men’s ages decreased their likelihood of experiencing psychological violence (OR = 0.989). Males who personally earned between $40,000 and $99,999 were about 27% less likely to experience psychological violence from their female spouse or partner than males who earned less than $40,000. Also, males who had a personal income of more than $100,000 and above were about 45% less likely to experience psychological violence from their female spouse or partner than males who earn less than $40,000. Similarly, males from a household income of $40,000 to $99,999 were 36% less likely to experience psychological violence from their female spouses or partners than males who were from a household income of less than $40,000. Also, males from a household income of $100,000 and above were about 50% less likely to experience psychological violence from their female spouse or partner than men who were from a household income of less than $40,000.

Male respondents who were in common law unions were about 29% more likely to experience psychological violence from their female spouse or partner than male respondents who were married. Males who had experi- enced childhood victimization a few times were 55% more likely to experi- ence psychological violence from their female spouse or partner than men who had never experienced childhood victimization. Also, male respondents who had experienced childhood victimization often were twice as likely to experience psychological violence from their female spouse or partner than those who had never experienced childhood victimization. Similarly, males who had witnessed DV between their parents were about 95% more likely to have experienced psychological violence from their female spouse or partner than males who had never witnessed DV between their parents. Male respondents who had been living together with their partners or spouses for more than 30 years were about 88% less likely to experience psychological violence from their female spouse or partner than male respon- dents who had been living with their partners or spouses for less than 10 years. Also, male respondents who smoked marijuana were two times more likely to experience psychological violence from their female spouse or partner than respondents who did not smoke marijuana. Looking at the socio-demographic factors of the male respondent’s partner or spouse (i.e., the female), female partners who were 60 years and above were 83% less likely to perpetrate psychological violence against their male partner or spouse. Female partners who had a university education were about 27% less likely to perpetrate psychological violence against their male spouse or partners. Finally, female partners who rarely drank or regularly drank were less likely to perpetrate psychological violence against their male spouse or partner by 32% and 42%, respectively.

Title	Prevalence and Predictors of Psychological Violence Against Male Victims in Intimate Relationships in Canada
Author	SamaelET
Upvotes	10
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Date	March 23, 2023 5:19 PM UTC (3 years ago)
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