In this review, we consider theory and research focused on girls' and women's violence, with an emphasis on studies that inform long-running debates about whether uniquely gendered explanations are required to understand such behaviors. The review emphasizes potentially malleable social processes and influences, and studies that have explored neighborhood, family, and peer-based sources of risk. We also examine contemporary research on precursors of a specific type of aggression-intimate partner violence -where self-reports of perpetration have been found to be similar across gender, but research has consistently shown that the consequences are generally more serious for female victims. Our review draws on findings from analyses of large scale survey data as well as qualitative approaches that explore meanings and motivations. The results point to significant areas of overlap as well as some distinctive patterns by gender, support learning and intersectionality theories, and identify potentially fruitful areas for additional research.

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女童和妇女的暴力行为：一般性问题与独特性别原因的问题。

在这篇综述中，我们考虑了针对女孩和妇女暴力的理论和研究，重点是为长期辩论提供信息的研究，这些辩论是关于是否需要独特的性别解释才能理解这种行为。审查强调了可能具有延展性的社会过程和影响，并研究了邻里，家庭和同龄人的风险来源。我们还研究了针对特定类型侵略-亲密伴侣暴力的前兆的当代研究，在该研究中，性别的自我报告相似，但研究始终表明，对女性受害者而言，后果通常更为严重。我们的审查借鉴了对大规模调查数据的分析结果以及探索意义和动机的定性方法。