Although there are many theories on domestic violence and battering applicable in Europe and the USA these are often regarded as carrying little currency in the African context (Robinson & Rowlands, 2006). Many African scholars writing on domestic violence emphasize battering and domestic violence as falling under the rubric of ‘culture’ rather than offering psychological explanations. This is because most theories on domestic violence have been derived from research conducted in western countries and by professionals working with male batterers, however, such programmes are rare or absent in Africa. This is confirmed by Dutton, 1998, National Policy on Elimination of GBV in Uganda, 2019 who indicated that psychological research, for example on the notion of the ‘abusive personality’, has not been conducted in Africa and that psychology-based explanations are generally overlooked in favour of cultural explanations. The review revealed that although there are some commonalities about the domestic violence globally. However, the differences were noted mainly in over emphasis of cultural rather than psychological causes by African scholars. Thus, this review recommends that African scholars and policy makers need also to adopt an approach that views domestic violence using a psychological lens, if they must continue to use psychological interventions developed using western empirical studies to help victims and perpetrators of domestic violence in the African setting.

尽管在欧洲和美国有许多有关家庭暴力和殴打的理论，但在非洲背景下，这些理论通常被认为携带很少的货币（Robinson＆Rowlands，2006）。许多有关家庭暴力的非洲学者强调殴打和家庭暴力属于“文化”范畴，而不是提供心理解释。这是因为大多数有关家庭暴力的理论是源自西方国家的研究以及与殴打男性的专业人士有关的，然而，这种方案在非洲却很少或根本没有。1998年达顿（Dutton），2019年乌干达（Uganda）消除GBV国家政策证实了这一点，他指出，心理学研究，例如关于“虐待性人格”的概念，尚未在非洲进行，以心理学为基础的解释通常被忽视，而倾向于文化解释。审查显示，尽管全球范围内的家庭暴力有一些共性。但是，注意到差异的主要原因是非洲学者过分强调文化而不是心理原因。因此，本评论建议非洲学者和政策制定者还必须采用一种从心理角度看待家庭暴力的方法，如果他们必须继续使用西方经验研究开发的心理干预措施来帮助非洲家庭暴力的受害者和肇事者设置。审查显示，尽管全球范围内的家庭暴力有一些共性。但是，注意到差异的主要原因是非洲学者过分强调文化而不是心理原因。因此，本评论建议非洲学者和政策制定者还必须采用一种从心理角度看待家庭暴力的方法，如果他们必须继续使用西方经验研究开发的心理干预措施来帮助非洲家庭暴力的受害者和肇事者设置。审查显示，尽管全球范围内的家庭暴力有一些共性。但是，注意到差异的主要原因是非洲学者过分强调文化而不是心理原因。因此，本评论建议非洲学者和政策制定者还必须采用一种从心理角度看待家庭暴力的方法，如果他们必须继续使用西方经验研究开发的心理干预措施来帮助非洲家庭暴力的受害者和肇事者设置。