“…In addition, being further along in schooling, holding traditional gender role attitudes, and higher levels of shame all predicted attitudinal acceptance of psychological aggression within a dating relationship. A separate study explored psychological aggression among married partners in Mainland China and found that about half of couples had experienced this behavior (Hou, Yu, Ting, Sze, & Fang, 2011), which is in line with estimates from other Asian countries as well (Maker & deRoon-Cassini, 2007). Taken together, these findings provide substantial evidence to hypothesize that psychological aggression is prevalent among college students in Mainland China, but it remains unexplored in the English-language literature.…”