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| Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2003): |
Gender differences in psychological, physical, and sexual aggression among college students using the revised conflict tactics scales.
Full Abstract
In response to criticisms of the Conflict Tactics Scales, Straus revised the original scale to include sexual aggression and injury. The purpose of the present study was to use this new scale to replicate and expand existing knowledge of psychological, physical, and sexual aggression in dating relationships. Four-hundred-eighty-one college students completed the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales. As expected, females reported perpetrating more psychological aggression than males; there were no gender differences in reported physical aggression; and psychological and physical aggression tended to co-occur. Contrary to previous research, there were no gender differences in injuries. As expected, males reported perpetrating more sexual coercion than females; however, females also reported perpetrating sexual aggression, and there were no gender differences in reported victimization. For males, sexual coercion perpetration (not victimization) was related to the perpetration and victimization of physical and psychological aggression. For females, both sexual coercion perpetration and victimization were related to the perpetration and victimization of psychological aggression and victimization from physical aggression, but not to physical aggression perpetration.
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Author information
Author/s: Hines, Denise A (DA); Saudino, Kimberly J (KJ);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA 02215, USA. dahines@bu.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal: Violence and victims (Violence Vict), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Apr; vol 18 (issue 2) : pp 197-217
Dates: Created 2003/06/20; Completed 2003/10/21; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12816404, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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