Man enough? Masculine discrepancy stress and intimate partner violence

Reidy, Dennis E.; Berke, Danielle S.; Gentile, Brittany; Zeichner, Amos

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.04.021

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Man enough? Masculine discrepancy stress and intimate partner violence

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Reidy, Dennis E., Berke, Danielle S., Gentile, Brittany, Zeichner, Amos·2014·Personality and Individual Differences

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Research on gender roles suggests that men who strongly adhere to traditional masculine gender norms are at increased risk for the perpetration of violent and abusive acts toward their female intimate partners. Yet, gender norms alone fail to provide a comprehensive explanation of the multifaceted construct of intimate partner violence (IPV) and there is theoretical reason to suspect that men who fail to conform to masculine roles may equally be at risk for IPV. In the present study, we assessed effect of masculine discrepancy stress, a form of distress arising from perceived failure to conform to socially-prescribed masculine gender role norms, on IPV. Six-hundred men completed online surveys assessing their experience of discrepancy stress, masculine gender role norms, and history of IPV. Results indicated that masculine discrepancy stress significantly predicted men's historical perpetration of IPV independent of other masculinity related variables. Findings are discussed in terms of potential distress engendered by masculine socialization as well as putative implications of gender role discrepancy stress for understanding and intervening in partner violence perpetrated by men.

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When masculinity feels tenuous, men may resort to psychologically aggressive behaviors to reassert power or control.
“When masculinity feels tenuous, men may resort to psychologically aggressive behaviors to reassert power or control (Reidy et al., 2014; Türkoğlu, 2013; Vandello & Bosson, 2013).”
From Psychological Intimate Partner Violence Across Identities: Preliminary Psychometrics of the Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse-Short Form Among Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Bisexual Samples in Türkiye (2026) · cites this paper as Reidy et al., 2014
The Results (§4.3; page unavailable) report that masculine discrepancy stress predicted psychological aggression against an intimate partner. The Discussion (§4; page unavailable) suggests that men distressed by perceived threats to their masculinity may respond to bolster their masculine status. It does not establish that psychological aggression was used to reassert power or control, and perceived discrepancy without distress did not predict aggression. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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Authors: Reidy, D. E., Berke, D. S., Gentile, B., & Zeichner, A.
Affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
University of Georgia (US)
Corresponding author: Reidy, Dennis E.
ORCID: Reidy, Dennis E.
Berke, Danielle S.
Gentile, Brittany
Venue: Personality and Individual Differences
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2014-10
Volume: 68
Pages: 160-164
ISSN: 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.04.021
PMC: PMC5868426
OpenAlex: W2085932262
Cited by: 160
References: 35
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 4
FWCI: 8.52
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (CC999999)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
Keywords: intimate partner violence, masculinity, gender socialization

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