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Walters, Glenn D.; Frederick, Alice A.; Schlauch, Charles – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
The criminal arrest histories of 262 medium-security male inmates were correlated with the Proactive (P) and Reactive (R) composite scales of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS). As predicted, only scores on the P scale correlated significantly with prior arrests for proactive aggression (robbery, burglary) and only…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Criminals, Test Validity, Marital Status
Lang, Ariel J.; Rodgers, Carie S.; Lebeck, Meredith M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: This study examines the association between maternal childhood maltreatment and psychopathology and aggression in intimate relationships during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Method: Forty-four pregnant women who were recruited from an obstetric clinic and local advertising periodical completed questionnaires about childhood…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Sexual Abuse, Pregnancy, Intimacy
Robbin, Debra J.; And Others – Women's Educational Equity Act Publishing Center Digest, 1992
In the primary article, the societal norms that encourage violence against women are reviewed, from both the current and historical viewpoints. Violence in all its forms when used on adolescent women is a contributing factor in many other problems. Both young men and young women learn stereotypes and misinformation about women provoking violence…
Descriptors: Aggression, Battered Women, Child Abuse, Emotional Response

Erdiller, Zeynep B. – Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 2003
Uses social learning theory to examine the possible effects of parental domestic violence on children who witness it in their home environment. Examines the short-term and long-term influence of witnessing parental violence on children's development, including aggression among peers during childhood and adolescence, as well as in dating…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Children, Dating (Social)

Hoffman, Kristi L.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1994
Used survey data from 619 husbands residing in Bangkok, Thailand, to assess their use of physical force against their wives. Results provide strong support for importance of socioeconomic status, marital instability, and verbal marital conflict as predictors of Thai wife abuse. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Battered Women, Conflict, Family Violence
Schumacher, Julie A.; Leonard, Kenneth E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Marital adjustment, verbal aggression, and physical aggression have long been associated in the marital literature, but the nature of their associations remains unclear. In this study, the authors examined these 3 constructs as risk factors for physical aggression during the first 2 years of marriage in 634 couples recruited as they applied for…
Descriptors: Marriage, Risk, Aggression, Spouses
Prentky, Robert A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
Etiologic and taxonomic research on rapists during the past decade suggests three dimensions that may be potentially useful for classification research on male batterers: (a) distinction between those whose anger is exclusively misogynistic and those whose anger is pervasive or undifferentiated with respect to target, (b) attitudes characterized…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Stimuli, Personality Traits, Masculinity
Sorenson, Susan B.; Taylor, Catherine A. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2005
We investigated the effect of assailant gender on injunctive social norms (i.e., beliefs about what ought to happen) regarding violence toward an intimate heterosexual partner. In a random-digit-dialed survey conducted in four languages, 3,769 community-residing adults were presented with five vignettes in which we experimentally manipulated…
Descriptors: Females, Aggression, Interpersonal Relationship, Behavior Standards

Henning, Kris; And Others – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1997
A survey of 1,452 undergraduate students was used to examine the long-term psychological impact of witnessing interparental physical aggression during childhood. The 203 students who reported witnessing at least one such incident reported higher levels of current psychological distress. Negative effects increased when a parent of the same sex was…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Emotional Development, Emotional Problems

Kandel-Englander, Elizabeth – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
Questioned 2,291 American males to determine the proportion of men who assault only extrafamilial persons, are violent only toward their wives, and are violent in both spheres. Results suggest that 90 percent of violent males specialized in their choice of victims, choosing to assault only wives or nonfamily members, but not both. (RJM)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Battered Women, Behavior Patterns

O'Brien, Mary; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1991
Examined cognitive and emotional reactions to family discussions as experienced by 8- to 11-year-old sons (n=35) and their mothers from homes with physically aggressive (PA), verbally aggressive (VA), and low-conflict (LC) marital relationships. Sons of PA couples demonstrated more self-interference, self-distraction, and arousal and less…
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Response

Simons, Ronald L.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993
Findings from 204 recently divorced mothers revealed that relationship between exposure to harsh parenting as child and subsequent abuse by husband was mediated by woman's involvement in aggressive/deviant behavior. Concluded that women subjected to abusive parenting tended to develop hostile, rebellious orientation and to affiliate with and marry…
Descriptors: Aggression, Battered Women, Child Abuse, Divorce
Albaugh, Lisa M.; Nauta, Margaret M. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2005
Relationships between college women's experiences of violence from intimate partners, career decision self-efficacy, and perceived career barriers were assessed using social cognitive career theory as a theoretical guide. Among 129 students, sexual coercion was negatively associated with three aspects of career decision self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Self Efficacy, Depression (Psychology), Career Counseling
Finkelhor, David; Ormrod, Richard K.; Turner, Heather A. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: To understand to the degree to which a broad variety of victimizations, including child maltreatment, conventional crime, peer, and sexual victimizations, persist for children from 1 year to the next. Design: A national sample of 1467 children aged 2-17 recruited through random digit dialing and assessed via telephone interviews (with…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Prevention, Family Problems, Sibling Relationship
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2005
"Data Trends" reports present summaries of research on mental health services for children and adolescents and their families. The article summarized in this "Data Trends" presents the results of a study of 40,636 children entering the Illinois domestic violence service system over a five-year period. The results of this study…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Depression (Psychology)