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Peer reviewedJacobson, Neil S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Studied affect, psychophysiology, and verbal content of arguments in 60 couples with violent husband. Found that no wife behaviors successfully suppressed husband violence once it began; husband violence escalated in response to nonviolent and violent wife behaviors. Both battering husbands and their wives were angrier than their maritally…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anger, Battered Women, Family Violence
Peer reviewedLeonard, Kenneth E.; Blane, Howard T. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
Examined several hypotheses concerning heavy drinking and marital violence. Subjects, 320 married and cohabiting men who participated in a nationally representative study of alcohol consumption, completed scales assessing hostility, self-consciousness, marital satisfaction, and the Alcohol Dependence Scale. Results indicated that alcohol use was…
Descriptors: Aggression, Alcohol Abuse, Antisocial Behavior, Battered Women
Peer reviewedMcKenry, Patrick C.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1995
Interviewed and physically assessed 102 married men in an attempt to develop a biopsychosocial model of male domestic violence. Used Tobit analysis to identify significant predictors. Analyzed separately, each domain was significantly related to male domestic violence. When considered together, only the biological and social domains yielded…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Behavior, Biological Influences, Family Life
