@article{ref1,
title="Predicting self-reported likelihood of battering: Attitudes and childhood experiences",
journal="Journal of research in personality",
year="1987",
author="Briere, John",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="61-69",
abstract="The present study tested the hypothesis that self-reported likelihood of wife battering is related to childhood experiences of violence and attitudes supportive of family violence. One hundred ninety-one male university students were administered three attitude measures and a survey of childhood experiences, and were asked to rate their potential likelihood of wife battering (LB) in a variety of situations. Most subjects (79%) indicated some likelihood of battering. This likelihood covaried with violent Attitudes Toward Wife Abuse (AWA), conservative Attitudes Toward Women (AWS), Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence (AIV), and, to a lesser extent, physical abuse as a child and witnessing one's mother being battered.<p />",
language="",
issn="0092-6566",
doi="10.1016/0092-6566(87)90026-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0092-6566(87)90026-2"
}