Citation

Kernsmith PD, Tolman RM. Violence Against Women 2011; 17(4): 500-516.

Affiliation

Wayne State University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801211404312

PMID

21478223

Abstract

This article explores the applicability of the Theory of Planned Behavior in understanding female perpetrated adolescent dating violence. The Theory of Planned Behavior is intended to predict behavioral intention by examining the actor's perceptions of consequences and rewards associated with the behavior, social acceptability of the behavior, and behavioral control. Previous research on adult populations has found that the planned behavior model is correlated with violent behavior among males (Tolman, Edleson, & Fendrich, 1996), but not females (Kernsmith, 2005). The current study found that the model partially explained the violent behavior of girls, but only perceptions of social norms were significant.

Language: en