Conflict and Violence

easuring ntrafamily Conflict and Violence

Confl ic t theorists present a convincing case showing that conflict is an inevitable part of all human association (Adams, 1965; Coser, 1956; Dahrendorf, 1959; Scanzoni, 1972; Simmel, 1955; Sprey, 1969). They further hold that without the changes brought about by conflict, a social unit-be it a nation, an academic department, or a family-runs a high risk of collapse. If conflict is suppressed,...

Causal modeling of domestic violence based on marital intimacy, inhibition and marital conflict

The present study was conducted with the aim of modeling the causality of domestic violence based on marital intimacy, restraint, and marital conflict. The method of descriptive correlational research was structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this research includes all the couples involved in domestic violence in Shiraz city in the years 2020 to 2021, who have experienced ...

Crippling Violence: Conflict and Incident Polio in Afghanistan.

BACKGROUND Designing effective public health campaigns in areas of armed conflict requires a nuanced understanding of how violence impacts the epidemiology of the disease in question. METHODS We examine the geographical relationship between violence (represented by the location of detonated Improvised Explosive Devices) and polio incidence by generating maps of IEDs and polio incidence during...

Cycles of Violence Gender Relations and Armed Conflict

Future (im)perfect? Mapping conflict, violence and extremism in Africa

This pAper expAnds on the analysis presented in a number of previous publications by the institute for security studies (iss)1 on the drivers of conflict and instability in Africa. Apart from contextual analyses from a variety of sources, the paper relies on data from three large conflict data providers, namely the Uppsala Conflict data program (UCdp) at the Uppsala University in sweden,2 the A...