Disagreement about the occurrence of male-to-female intimate partner violence: A qualitative study

This work explored the reasons underlying interpartner disagreement about t he occurrence of intimate partner violence (IPV). Research indicates that p artners often do not agree about episodes of conflict in their relationship . We conducted interviews with 48 women and men with and without histories of IPV to investigate this lack of agreement. Participant responses were an alyzed and themes were identified about why men and women disagree about ep isodes of conflict. The main results indicate that participants think women and men remember differently; women remember more than men, both choose wh at they want to remember, and both remember that they were right in the con flict. This work contributes to understanding the disagreement that occurs between partners. Many of these findings have never been suggested by other IPV researchers. The broad-reaching implications of this study include imp rovement in the accuracy of measuring IPV.