Citation

Stets JE. J. Fam. Violence 1991; 6(1): 97-114.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, Washington State University, 99163 Pullman, Washington

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00978528

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This research examines the relatively unexplored area of psychological aggression in dating relationships. One causal factor of particular interest is interpersonal control, that is, the degree to which one person controls another in a relationship. Data are collected on men and women inflicting and sustaining psychological abuse in heterosexual college dating relationships. The results show that interpersonal control is an important predictor of psychological aggression.