TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Prevalence of psychological and physical intimate partner aggression in Madrid (Spain): A dyadic analysis
JO  - Psicothema
A1  - Graña Gómez, José L.
A1  - Cuenca Montesino, María L.
SP  - 343
EP  - 348
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-9915
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2013.262
ID  - ref1
ER  -