Citation

Hotaling GT, Sugarman DB. J. Fam. Violence 1990; 5(1): 1-13.

Affiliation

Department of Criminal Justice University of Lowell, 01854 Lowell, Massachusetts; Department of Psychology, Rhode Island College, 02908 Providence, Rhode Island

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00979135

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In the wife assault literature, a number of risk markers have been identified. Using the data of the female respondents to the National Family Violence Survey (n = 699), a multivariate analysis was performed to examine which risk factors best differentiated between women involved in nonviolent relationships, verbally aggressive relationships, relationships exhibiting minor physical aggression and severely violent relationships. High levels of marital conflict and lower socioeconomic status emerged as the primary predictors of an increased likelihood of wife assault. Research implications are discussed.