Citation

Hettrich EL, O'Leary KD. J. Interpers. Violence 2007; 22(9): 1131-1143.

Affiliation

Stony Brook University, NY 11794-2500, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260507303729

PMID

17704459

Abstract

Approximately 32% of dating college females reported that they engaged in physical aggression against their partners and that they engaged in acts of physical aggression more often than their male partners engaged in aggression against them. However, the females also reported that their male partners attempted to force them to engage in oral sex more often than the females engaged in such coercive behavior. Based on both open-ended and closed responses, the primary reasons given for engaging in physical aggression were anger at the partner and poor communication. Females who reported physical aggression in their relationships were less satisfied with their relationships, and both psychological and physical aggression were negatively correlated with positive feelings about the partners.

Language: en