TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Personal standards for judging aggression by a relationship partner: how much aggression is too much?
JO  - Journal of personality and social psychology
A1  - Arriaga, Ximena B.
A1  - Capezza, Nicole M.
A1  - Daly, Christine A.
SP  - 36
EP  - 54
VL  - 110
IS  - 1
N2  - What determines whether people tolerate partner aggression? This research examined how norms, relationship experiences, and commitment predict personal standards for judging aggressive acts by a partner. Studies 1a and 1b (n = 689) revealed that experiencing aggression in a current relationship and greater commitment predicted greater tolerance for common partner aggression. Study 2 longitudinally tracked individuals who had never experienced partner aggression (n = 52). Once aggression occurred, individuals adopted more tolerant standards, but only if they were highly committed. Study 3 involved experimentally manipulating the relevance of partner aggression among individuals who reported current partner aggression (n = 73); they were more tolerant of aggressive acts imagined to occur by their partner (vs. the same acts by a stranger), but only if they were highly committed. Personal standards for judging partner aggression are dynamic. They shift toward greater tolerance when committed people experience aggression in a current relationship. (PsycINFO Database Record<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3514
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000035
ID  - ref1
ER  -