Citation

Stets JE, Pirog-Good MA. J. Soc. Pers. Relat. 1990; 7(3): 371-394.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0265407590073005

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This research examines the relationship between aggression and the interpersonal process of control during courtship. A sample of white heterosexual college dating relationships is examined. Data are collected on men and women inflicting and sustaining minor and severe aggression during courtship. The results show that across relationships, men are no more likely than women to control. This challenges the notion that men are more likely to control interpersonally because of their control in the wider society. Furthermore, control predicts inflicting and sustaining minor but not severe aggression. This suggests that the causal factors influencing minor aggression are different from those affecting severe aggression.

Language: en