Citation

Chase KA, O'Leary KD, Heyman RE. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 2001; 69(3): 567-572.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA. ken_chase@hms.harvard.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11495186

Abstract

A system for categorizing partner-violent men as either reactive or proactive aggressors was developed and evaluated in the present study. Sixty partner-violent men were reliably categorized, and the distribution (62% reactive, 38% proactive) fell within the expected range. Some construct validity was demonstrated, as several significant predicted group differences were found on factors of theoretical relevance to the typology model (affectivity, personality, and violence in the family-of-origin). Proactively versus reactively categorized participants were (a) more dominant and less angry during a 10-min interpartner interaction, (b) more antisocial and aggressive-sadistic and less dependent, and (c) more frequently classified as psychopathic (17% vs. 0%). Research and clinical implications of the system are discussed, as is the potential overlap between the reactively and proactively categorized partner-violent men in this study with previously identified types.

Language: en