Citation

Clements CM, Clauss K, Casanave K, Laajala A. J. Aggression Maltreat. Trauma 2018; 27(8): 902-921.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10926771.2017.1410750

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The majority of intimate partner violence (IPV) research explores partner violence without considering the influence of contextual and psychosocial factors, such as trait aggression, psychopathology, gender, and provocation. Disparities in the general aggression literature further underscore the need to develop a better understanding of contextual and psychosocial factors. The present study sampled 720 (male = 365, female = 355) college students who completed measures of IPV perpetration and victimization, trait aggression, and psychopathology. Participants then completed a learning task, during which half were randomly selected to be provoked. The interactive effects of condition, gender, and perpetrator status on mood and aggressive responding were explored.

RESULTS indicated that perpetrators of both genders had similar emotional responses to provocation, but behavioral responses to provocation varied.

RESULTS were discussed in terms of their implication for future research and batterer intervention.

Language: en

Keywords

Gender differences; intimate partner violence; provocation; psychopathology