This study assessed college men’s reactions immediately following and 2 months after completing self-report measures of interpersonal violence. Results showed that 4.3% of men experienced immediate negative emotional reactions. Greater immediate negative reactions were related to personal benefits to research participation, anticipation of future distress, experiences of childhood physical abuse and psychological abuse/neglect, and physical abuse perpetration either in adolescence or adulthood. Attrition from the study over the 2-month follow-up was predicted by fewer perceived personal benefits to study participation but not by negative emotional reactions. None of the participants who returned for the 2-month follow-up reported experiencing negative emotional reactions to research participation over the interim.
Despite growing evidence suggesting that women engage in verbal and physical dating aggression, there is a dearth of research examining the predictors of women's engagement in these behaviors. Utilizing a college sample, the purpose of the current study was to explore women's perpetration of dating aggression within the context of victimization experiences. Women (N = 374) completed surveys at the beginning and end of a 10-week academic quarter for course credit. Results from two retrospective regression analyses (all Time 1 variables) suggested that (1) paternal physical abuse and adolescent/adulthood verbal victimization predicted women's reports of verbal perpetration and (2) childhood sexual abuse, adolescent/adulthood verbal victimization, adolescent/adulthood physical victimization, and adolescent/adulthood verbal perpetration predicted women's reports of physical perpetration. Results from the two prospective, longitudinal regression analyses suggested that (1) verbal perpetration (as measured at Time 1) and verbal victimization over the interim predicted women's reports of verbal perpetration over the interim and (2) physical perpetration (as measured at Time 1), verbal perpetration over the interim, and physical victimization over the interim predicted women's reports of physical perpetration over the interim. These data suggest the importance of considering previous victimization experiences, mutual partner aggression, and a history of aggressive behaviors when examining women's use of aggression in dating relationships. Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Katie M. Edwards, 200 Porter Hall,
Despite growing evidence suggesting that women engage in verbal and physical dating aggression, there is a dearth of research examining the predictors of women's engagement in these behaviors. Utilizing a college sample, the purpose of the current study was to explore women's perpetration of dating aggression within the context of victimization experiences. Women (N = 374) completed surveys at the beginning and end of a 10‐week academic quarter for course credit. Results from two retrospective regression analyses (all Time 1 variables) suggested that (1) paternal physical abuse and adolescent/adulthood verbal victimization predicted women's reports of verbal perpetration and (2) childhood sexual abuse, adolescent/adulthood verbal victimization, adolescent/adulthood physical victimization, and adolescent/adulthood verbal perpetration predicted women's reports of physical perpetration. Results from the two prospective, longitudinal regression analyses suggested that (1) verbal perpetration (as measured at Time 1) and verbal victimization over the interim predicted women's reports of verbal perpetration over the interim and (2) physical perpetration (as measured at Time 1), verbal perpetration over the interim, and physical victimization over the interim predicted women's reports of physical perpetration over the interim. These data suggest the importance of considering previous victimization experiences, mutual partner aggression, and a history of aggressive behaviors when examining women's use of aggression in dating relationships.
The predictors of intimate partner violence (IPV) have received extensive attention in the literature, including a well-established link between exposure to violence in the family-of-origin and subsequent perpetration of IPV in adolescence and adulthood. However, a model that provides for potential mediating factors in this relationship would prove informative in understanding the processes involved in the development of IPV perpetration. The current study used a sample of college men (A^ = 228) to examine a model whereby violence in the family of origin is proposed to contribute to the development of hostile-dominant interpersonal problems (HDIP), which increase the likelihood of later IPV perpetration in adolescence and young adulthood. Path analytic results indicated that the proposed model was a good fit to the data. Specifically, sexual and psychological child abuse were significant predictors of HDIP, and HDIP significantly predicted all 3 types of IPV perpetration (i.e., physical, sexual, and psychological). In addition, childhood physical abuse was marginally related to HDIP and directly related to physical IPV perpetration in the path model. Although exposure to interparental violence did not predict HDIP or IPV perpetration in the path model, exposure to interparental violence was related to HDIP and physical IPV at the bivariate level. Future research suggestions are provided to aid in increasing the current knowledge regarding the developmental processes involved in the intergenerational transmission of violence.Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a prevalent societal problem, especially within young adult dating relationships (Straus, 2004), that leads to a host of negative psychological, physical, and academic outcomes (Hamed, 2001). Shorey, Meltzer, and Cornelius (2010) found that approximately 77% of college men reported perpetrating psychological IPV, 33% of men reported perpetrating physical IPV, and 40% of men reported perpetrating sexual IPV. Given the pervasiveness of IPV among college students, it is important to understand and identify the characteristics and ante-
The purpo.se of this article is (o explore the ethical dilemmas inherent in the Ireatment of women currently in abusive relationships. Utilizing ethical decision-making models, the conflicting principles of beneficence and autonomy are discussed with regards to whether a therapist should encourage a client to leave an abusive relationship. Given that most ethical decision-making models stress the importance of contextual factors that are relevant to a given ethical situation, this article discusses the importance of evaluating, considering, and weighing certain factors, such as abuse severity and competency/rationality, in cases involving intimate partner violence,. Following this discussion, recommendations and implications for research and policy are delineated.
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