Citation

Kalaitzaki AE, Birtchnell J, Kritsotakis EI. Partner Abuse 2010; 1(4): 420-442.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Springer Publishing)

DOI

10.1891/1946&U8211;6560.1.4.420

PMID

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Abstract

The study examined the prevalence rates and severity of four aspects of dating aggression (physical assault, injury, sexual coercion, and psychological aggression) and their associations with negative relating tendencies in a convenience sample of 247 university students from Greece. A high proportion of the students were both aggressors and victims of aggression by their partners. Prevalence and chronicity of the majority of the types of aggression were higher for male than for female students. There were few gender differences in the prevalence of being a victim of aggression. Although, as predicted, both aggressors and victims had higher negative relating scores than those who were neither aggressors nor victims, few of the differences were statistically signifi cant. However, injury, sexual coercion, and severe assault were signifi cantly correlated with relating from a position of relative strength (upperness). Being injured was signifi cantly correlated with relating from a position of relative weakness (lowerness).