Perceived Verbal Conflict Behaviors Associated With Physical Aggression and Sexual Coercion in Dating Relationships: A Gender-Sensitive Analysis

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Katz ◽  
Andrew Carino ◽  
Angela Hilton
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Dating Aggression ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Conflict Behaviors ◽  
Verbal Conflict ◽  
Controlling Behaviors

We studied perceived partner verbal behaviors associated with participants’ use of dating aggression. Men’s reports of their partners’ demanding, controlling, and psychologically abusive behaviors during conflicts were expected to predict men’s perpetration against partners. In contrast, women’s reports of their partners’ withdrawal were expected to predict women’s perpetration. Data were collected from heterosexual undergraduates (N = 223) in exclusive dating relationships. Participants’ reports of partner demands and partner psychological abuse were associated with participants’ use of physical aggression and sexual coercion. Reports of partner withdrawal and partner controlling behaviors were associated with participants’ sexual coercion only. Significant moderating effects of gender emerged. As expected, partner demands, controlling behaviors, and psychological abuse were associated with physical aggression and sexual coercion in men, but not women. Partner withdrawal was associated with sexual coercion in both women and men. We conclude that gender-sensitive approaches are necessary to understand and prevent verbal conflict patterns associated with physical aggression and sexual coercion in intimate relationships.

A Revision of the Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships Scale for Young Adults in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanshan He ◽  
Sandra Tsang ◽  
Caina Li
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Chinese Cities

The Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships Scale (SCIRS; 34 items) assesses the severity of sexual coercion (SC) in committed intimate relationships, but it does not validly screen out valid target cases or accurately assess prevalence. This study aims to revise the SCIRS to facilitate research in China. There were 927 college students in active dating relationships, from 5 large Chinese cities, who participated in the study. The results showed that the revised SCIRS (33 items) measured 3 constructs—Emotional Manipulation (17 items), Defection Threat (7 items), and Violence Threat (7 items)—and that the reliability and validity properties were satisfactory. The advantages of the revision and the limitations of this study are discussed.

Women’s Fear of Crime and Abuse in College and University Dating Relationships

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine D. Kelly ◽  
Walter S. DeKeseredy
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
College And University ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Abuse Of Women

Several government-sponsored victimization surveys have found women’s fear of crime to be much higher than that of men even though their probability of being victimized is much lower than men’s. On the basis of these results, several criminologists contend that women’s fear is subjectively based. However, government surveys have not adequately examined the consequences of the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse of women by male intimates. Feminist researchers contend that these assaults greatly contribute to a generalized fear of crime that is objectively based. Using data from a national survey on female abuse in Canadian college/university dating relationships, this study tested and failed to support the feminist hypothesis that violence by male intimates results in higher levels of fear. However, an examination of an ex post facto hypothesis assessing the relationship between fear in private places (the home) and abuse by male dating partners found positive correlations. Women who had been psychologically or sexually victimized by male dating partners felt more insecure in their own homes than other women. These increased feelings of fear were linked to experiences of sexual coercion, unwanted sexual touching, psychological abuse, and sexual abuse. The results suggest that women reassess their feelings of fear when victimized by male intimates. In particular, places generally viewed as safe by women, their own homes, are seen as more threatening than they had been in the past.

Gender Differences in Psychological, Physical, and Sexual Aggression Among College Students Using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise A. Hines ◽  
Kimberly J. Saudino
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Sexual Aggression ◽  
Psychological Aggression ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Conflict Tactics Scales ◽  
Conflict Tactics ◽  
Revised Conflict Tactics Scales

In response to criticisms of the Conflict Tactics Scales, Straus revised the original scale to include sexual aggression and injury. The purpose of the present study was to use this new scale to replicate and expand existing knowledge of psychological, physical, and sexual aggression in dating relationships. Four-hundred-eighty-one college students completed the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales. As expected, females reported perpetrating more psychological aggression than males; there were no gender differences in reported physical aggression; and psychological and physical aggression tended to co-occur. Contrary to previous research, there were no gender differences in injuries. As expected, males reported perpetrating more sexual coercion than females; however, females also reported perpetrating sexual aggression, and there were no gender differences in reported victimization. For males, sexual coercion perpetration (not victimization) was related to the perpetration and victimization of physical and psychological aggression. For females, both sexual coercion perpetration and victimization were related to the perpetration and victimization of psychological aggression and victimization from physical aggression, but not to physical aggression perpetration.

We Are Not Joking

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 602-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liria Fernández-González ◽  
K. Daniel O’Leary ◽  
Marina Julia Muñoz-Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Correction Factors ◽  
Dating Aggression ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Negative Behaviors ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Intimate Partner Aggression ◽  
Depth Interviews

Underreporting of intimate partner aggression is an important issue in the interpretation of self-reports of such aggression, especially by males. However, both males and females are less likely to report negative behaviors about themselves than about their partners. With 863 adolescents from Madrid, social desirability had a small but significant association with reports of dating aggression, but covariance corrections for social desirability did not alter the conclusions about such aggression. Using uncorrected or corrected means for social desirability, males engage in more sexual aggression against their partners and females engage in more psychological and physical aggression. Maximal dyadic reports based on reports by either self or partner significantly increased the rates of aggression, although conclusions about perpetration and victimization did not differ with this correction. Rates of aggression dropped roughly half when corrected for aggression in a joking context, but more females still reported engaging in physical aggression against their partners. The corrections one wishes to use depend upon the sample under study—i.e., adolescent versus adult populations—and one’s research or clinical question, but the use of social desirability controls seems ill-founded. Finally, there is a need for in-depth interviews with both partners in dating relationships to determine more about the contextual factors associated with dating aggression and to assist in knowing what correction factors seem most valid.

The Associations Between Negative Relating and Aggression in the Dating Relationships of Students From Greece

Partner Abuse ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 420-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Argyroula E. Kalaitzaki ◽  
John Birtchnell ◽  
Evangelos I. Kritsotakis
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Psychological Aggression ◽  
Physical Assault ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Dating Aggression ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Convenience Sample

The study examined the prevalence rates and severity of four aspects of dating aggression (physical assault, injury, sexual coercion, and psychological aggression) and their associations with negative relating tendencies in a convenience sample of 247 university students from Greece. A high proportion of the students were both aggressors and victims of aggression by their partners. Prevalence and chronicity of the majority of the types of aggression were higher for male than for female students. There were few gender differences in the prevalence of being a victim of aggression. Although, as predicted, both aggressors and victims had higher negative relating scores than those who were neither aggressors nor victims, few of the differences were statistically signifi cant. However, injury, sexual coercion, and severe assault were signifi cantly correlated with relating from a position of relative strength (upperness). Being injured was signifi cantly correlated with relating from a position of relative weakness (lowerness).

Sexism, Psychological Abuse, and Dating Relationships: Constructing Satisfaction

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura C. Petrolle ◽  
Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius ◽  
Silva M. Hassert ◽  
Rachel E. Wiley
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Dating Relationships

Predicting Different Types of Intimate Partner Aggression Perpetration: The Roles of Problem Alcohol Use and Distress Tolerance

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052199083
Author(s):  
Nora K. Kline ◽  
Korine B. Cabrera ◽  
Kathleen M. Palm Reed
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Distress Tolerance ◽  
Psychological Aggression ◽  
Physical Assault ◽  
Problem Alcohol Use ◽  
Intimate Partner Aggression ◽  
Problem Alcohol ◽  
Controlling Behaviors

Intimate partner aggression (IPA) victimization and substance use have been well established as risk factors for IPA perpetration ( Leonard, 2005 ; Sprunger et al., 2015 ). Recent research has identified a negative association between distress tolerance and physical and psychological IPA perpetration, specifically in males in substance use treatment ( Shorey et al., 2017 ). Research examining the interplay of problem substance use, distress tolerance, and other forms of IPA (i.e., sexual coercion, controlling behaviors) in non-clinical samples is limited. The present analysis aimed to examine the potential moderating effect of distress tolerance on problem alcohol use and four types of IPA perpetration (physical assault, psychological aggression, sexual coercion, and controlling behaviors) in a diverse, national sample ( N = 323; 44.3% female; 52.9% sexual minority; age M = 33.61 years, SD = 8.71). Results showed that alcohol use and distress tolerance had differing influences on each IPA perpetration type. In line with hypotheses, distress tolerance significantly moderated the relationship between problem alcohol use and two forms of IPA (physical assault and controlling behaviors); this relationship was stronger for individuals with low levels of distress tolerance. Significant interaction effects did not emerge for psychological aggression or sexual coercion. Findings suggest that treatment strategies that focus specifically on increasing distress tolerance may be effective in reducing alcohol-facilitated IPA perpetration involving physical assault and controlling behaviors.

The Interplay of Perceptions and Conflict Behaviors during Disagreements: A Daily Study of Physical Teen Dating Violence Perpetration

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110219
Author(s):  
Andréanne Fortin ◽  
Alison Paradis ◽  
Martine Hébert ◽  
Andréanne Lapierre
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Teen Dating Violence ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Daily Diaries ◽  
Conflict Behaviors ◽  
Adolescent Dating ◽  
Destructive Conflict ◽  
The Individual

Physical dating violence (DV) is a widespread problem among adolescents. A growing body of literature demonstrates that physical DV often occurs during disagreements when partners use destructive conflict management strategies, such as conflict engagement (e.g., losing control, criticizing) or withdrawal (e.g., acting cold, being distant). However, little is known regarding how the individual daily variability on the use of destructive conflict management strategies can influence the probability of perpetrating day-to-day physical DV, especially if the other partner is also perceived as using destructive behaviors. Using an intensive longitudinal approach, the current study first aimed to examine the daily associations between the use of various conflict management strategies and physical DV perpetration in adolescent dating relationships. A second objective was to investigate if perceived partner’s conflict behaviors moderated the relation between self-reported conflict management strategies and day-to-day physical DV perpetration. A sample of 216 adolescents ( Mage = 17.03, SD = 1.49) involved in a dating relationship, completed a baseline assessment followed by 14 daily diaries. Results of multilevel logistic analyses revealed that using conflict engagement strategies significantly increased the probability of day-to-day physical DV perpetration. Furthermore, the probability of perpetrating physical DV was significantly higher on days in which teens reported using high levels of conflict engagement while also perceiving their partner as using high levels of conflict engagement or withdrawal. These findings yield new insights on the daily context in which disagreements might escalate into aggression. Evidence from this study further supports the conflict escalation pattern and the demand/withdraw communication pattern in the context of adolescent dating relationships. Preventive initiatives should address the interplay of perceptions and conflict behaviors concerning physical DV perpetration.

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