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Choi, Susanne Y. P.; Ting, Kwok-Fai – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
This article develops an imbalance theory to explain physical violence against women in intimate relationships in South Africa. The theory proposes four typologies: dependence, compensation, submission, and transgression, through which imbalances in resource contribution and power distribution between spouses are hypothesized to contribute to…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Intimacy, Foreign Countries