@article{ref1,
title="A focus on the positive: reasons for not engaging in physical aggression against a dating partner",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="2016",
author="Llorens, Natasha Grace and Salis, Katie Lee and O'Leary, Daniel K. and Hayward, Jacqueline",
volume="31",
number="1",
pages="75-83",
abstract="The current study focuses on reasons why most women do not engage in physical aggression against their partner. The sample consists of 170 women, aged 18-35 from across the US. In an online questionnaire, 34% of the sample reported using physical aggression against a partner. Primary reasons for engaging in aggression were &quot;anger [73%]&quot; and &quot;temper [68%].&quot; For those who were not aggressive, primary deterrents were beliefs that &quot;using aggression is inappropriate [72%]&quot; and &quot;under no circumstances is physical aggression okay [71%].&quot; Physically aggressive females were less satisfied with relationships, more accepting of physical violence, and felt more provoked in conflict situations. Across varied studies assessing reasons for physical aggression against a partner, anger is perceived as most prevalent, though a meta-analysis found that trait anger has a small association with intimate partner aggression. The strikingly different results indicate the need for research to reconcile this discrepancy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="10.1007/s10896-015-9750-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-015-9750-6"
}