Open AccessUsing complexity science to examine three dynamic patterns of intimate partner violence.
Author(s) -
Sandra K. Burge,
David A. Katerndahl,
Robert C. Wood,
Johanna Becho,
Robert L. Ferrer,
Melissa A. Talamantes
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
families systems and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.491
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1939-0602
pISSN - 1091-7527
DOI - 10.1037/fsh0000170
Subject(s) - aggression , domestic violence , psychology , poison control , psychological intervention , chaotic , injury prevention , developmental psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , computer science , psychiatry , medical emergency , artificial intelligence
The partner violence literature describes 3 dominant models of dynamics of partner aggression: cycle of violence, family systems theory, and Duluth model (power and control wheel). Complexity science describes 3 patterns of system dynamics: periodic, chaotic, and random. Are these parallel patterns? In this analysis, investigators calculated dynamic patterns (periodic, chaotic, and random) using 84 daily reports of male-to-female aggression and assessed the "fit" between time-series-derived patterns of male partners' violent behaviors and literature-based models of violence dynamics.