Violencia de género e inmigración: Perfil diferencial de hombres maltratadores nacionales e inmigrantes

Abstract

This paper describes the demography, nature of gender violence and psychopathological characteristics of 448 men who have sought help after committing an act of domestic violence. Furthermore, a comparison is made of all the variables studied between Spanish nationals (n= 221) and nationals from other countries (n= 227). The results reveal the existence of numerous statistically significant differences between both groups in terms of the socio-demographic and abuse variables. However, from a psychopathological point of view the differences found are not clinically significant. Migrant male abusers are younger, with more children in common with the victim, with a slightly higher level of education and with a longer history of mental illness than Spanish abusers. Furthermore, migrant abusers have more irrational thoughts about women and the use of violence, and they have experienced childhood abuse more often than their Spanish counterparts.