Citation

Hall GC, Hirschman R. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 1991; 59(5): 662-669.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Ohio 44242-0001.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1955601

Abstract

Sexually aggressive behavior against adult females is an increasingly serious societal problem. The need for a unified theoretical model is addressed by integrating the elements of existing models into a quadripartite model in which the heterogeneity of sexual aggressors is accounted for by the prominence of potential etiological factors. The components of the model--physiological sexual arousal, cognitions that justify sexual aggression, affective dyscontrol, and personality problems--function as motivational precursors that increase the probability of sexually aggressive behavior. The relative prominence of these precursors within different sexually aggressive populations is used to define major subtypes.

Language: en