@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of psychological and physical intimate partner aggression in Madrid (Spain): A dyadic analysis",
journal="Psicothema",
year="2014",
author="Graña Gómez, José L. and Cuenca Montesino, María L.",
volume="26",
number="3",
pages="343-348",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The goal of the present study is to analyze the prevalence of bidirectional psychological and physical aggression in intimate partner relationships using the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2), and to determine the influence of the variables age and relationship duration. <br><br>METHOD: The participants were 3,578 heterosexual couples from the Region of Madrid. <br><br>RESULTS: Bidirectional aggression was the most frequent pattern in the dyadic types of aggression examined; we analyzed the prevalences of mutual psychological (46%) and physical aggression (4%), reciprocal psychological (41%) and physical aggression (3%), and bidirectional psychological (80%) and physical aggression (25%). The variables age and relationship duration were significant predictors of bidirectional physical and psychological aggression. Younger couples and couples with less than a one-year relationship duration assaulted each other the most. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These data provide an objective view of bidirectional aggression in Spanish community samples and serve as a reference point for prevention and intervention programs and forensic reports.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0214-9915",
doi="10.7334/psicothema2013.262",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2013.262"
}