NCJ Number
175166
Journal
Journal of Family Violence Volume: 13 Issue: 4 Dated: December 1998 Pages: 377-394
Date Published
1998
Length
18 pages
Annotation
The relationship between physical and sexual aggression in college students was explored in this study.
Abstract
Participants were 245 males and 411 females recruited from a 2-year or 4-year college. The vast majority were white. All of them responded to a measure of physical aggression (The Conflict Tactics Scale; Straus, 1979) and sexual aggression (The Sexual Experiences Survey; Koss et al., 1987). A subset of participants also responded to a questionnaire that assessed "Signs to Look for in a Battering Personality" (Ryan, 1995). Results showed a significant association between physical and sexual aggression in both men and women. In addition, the combination of physical and sexual aggression produced insignificant higher levels of aggression than when they occurred alone. Discriminant analyses showed verbal abuse and threats predicted both physical and sexual aggression in both men and women; however, gender differences emerged on other characteristics. Finally, effect- size analyses showed larger effect sizes for sexual than for physical aggression on many of the "Signs to Look for in a Battering Personality." 5 tables and 53 references