Citation

Kaura SA, Allen CM. J. Interpers. Violence 2004; 19(5): 576-588.

Affiliation

Department of Human Development, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. shelby@iastate.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260504262966

PMID

15104862

Abstract

This study focuses on the relationship between an individual's dissatisfaction with the level of power they have in their dating relationships, parental violence they experienced during their childhoods, and their dating violence perpetration. A sample of 352 male and 296 female undergraduate college students completed a dating violence survey, including selected subscales from the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2) and the Relationship Power Scale. Findings show that relationship power dissatisfaction is associated with the use of violence in dating relationships for both men and women. However, parental violence emerged as an even stronger predictor of dating violence perpetration. Findings also indicate that male perpetration of dating violence is related to mother's violence, whereas female perpetration of dating violence is related to father's violence. The results indicate the importance of including gender in the study of dating violence perpetration.

Language: en