Exploratory analysis of verbal aggression in romantic relationships among unmarried men and women: Predictive patterns by gender and race

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1005-1023

  Chung, Grace H ^a   Tucker, M Belinda ^b   Li, Gang ^b   Zhou, Xiaomeng ^c   Hwang, Sun ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Technical Services and Support Department   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ecological approach; gender; partner violence; race; verbal aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455176390     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407510397984     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Benson M.L.,Wooldredge J.,Thistlethwaite A.B.,Fox G.L.The correlation between race and domestic violence is confounded with community context.Social Problems. 2004;51 (3): 326-342.
2. Bronfenbrenner U.Ecology of the family as a context for human development: Research perspectives.Developmental Psychology. 1986;22 (6): 723-742.
3. Brown S.,Booth A.Cohabitation and marriage: A comparison of relationship quality.Journal of Marriage and the Family. 1996;58 (3): 668-678.
4. Browning C.R.The span of collective efficacy: Extending social disorganization theory to partner violence.Journal of Marriage and Family. 2002;64:833-850.
5. Brownridge D.A.,Halli S.S.Understanding male partner violence against cohabiting and married women: An empirical investigation with a synthesized model.Journal of Family Violence. 2002;17 (4): 341-361.
6. Bumpass, L. L., & Sweet, J. A. (1987-88). The National Survey of Families and Households.
7. Carlson B.E.Causes and maintenance of domestic violence: An ecological analysis.Social Service Review. 1984;58 (4): 569-587.
8. Cast A.Power and the ability to define the situation.Social Psychology Quarterly. 2003;66 (3): 185-201.
9. Crouter A.C.,Perry-Jenkins M.,Huston T.L.,Crawford D.W.The influenceof work-induced psychological states on behavior at home.Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 1989;10 (3): 273-292.
10. Curtis K.T.,Ellison C.G.Religious heterogamy and marital conflict: Findings from the national survey of families and households.Journal of Family Issues. 2002;23 (4): 551-576.
11. Dahlberg, L. L., & Krug, E. G. (2002). Violence: A global public health problem. In E. Krug, L. L. Dahlberg, J. A. Mercy, A. B. Zwi, & R. Lozano (Eds.), World report on violence and health. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
12. Dobash R.E.,Dobash R.Violence against wives: A case against the patriarchy. New York: The Free Press; 1979:.
13. Dutton M.A.,Kaltman S.,Goodman L.A.,Weinfurt K.,Vankos N.Patterns of intimate partner violence: Correlates and outcomes.Violence and Victims. 2005;20 (5): 483-497.
14. Edwards L.J.,Orelien J.G.Fixed-effect variable selection in linear mixed models using R2 statistics.Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 2008;52 (4): 1896-1907.
15. Erickson R.Why emotion work matters: Sex, gender, and the division of household labor.Journal of Marriage and Family. 2005;67:337-351.
16. Flake D.F.Individual, family, and community risk markers for domestic violencein Peru.Violence Against Women. 2005;11 (3): 353-373.
17. Gibson-Davis C.M.,Magnuson K.,Gennetian L.A.,Duncan G.J.Employment and domestic abuse among low income women.Journal of Marriage and the Family. 2005;67 (5): 1149-1168.
18. Goldscheider C.,Goldschedier F.K.Ethnicity, religiosity and leaving home: The structural and cultural bases of traditional family values.Sociological Forum. 1988;3 (4): 525-547.
19. Goode W.J.Force and violence in family.Journal of Marriage and the Family. 1971;33:624-636.
20. Heaton T.B.Factors contributing to increasing marital stability in the United States.Journal of Family Issues. 2002;23:392-409.
21. Heaton T.B.,Pratt E.L.The effects of religious homogamy on marital satisfaction and stability.Journal of Family Issues. 1990;11 (2): 191-207.
22. Heise L.L.Violence against women: An integrated, ecological framework.Violence Against Women. 1998;4 (3): 262-290.
23. Hochschild A.R.The second shift: Working parents and the revolution at home. New York: Viking; 1989:.
24. Jackson J.S.,Tucker M.B.,Gurin G.National survey of Black Americans, 1979-80. MI- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research: Ann Arbor; 1987:.
25. Karis T.A.How race matters and does not matter for white women in relationships with black men.Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy. 2003;2:23-40.
26. Killian K.D.Reconstituting racial histories and identities: The narratives of interracial couples.Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 2001;27:27-42.
27. Korn E.L.,Graubard B.I.New York. NY: Wiley; 1999:.
28. Krause N.Welfare participation and self-esteem in later life.The Gerontologist. 1996;36:665-673.
29. Kurdek L.Differences between partners from Black and White heterosexual dating couples in a path model of relationship commitment.Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 2008;25:51-71.
30. Levin J.S.,Taylor R.J.,Chatters L.M.A multidimensional measure of religious involvement for Blacks.The Sociological Quarterly. 1995;36 (1): 157-173.
31. Lewis S.F.,Fremouw W.Dating violence: A critical review of the literature.Clinical Psychology Review. 2001;21 (1): 105-127.
32. Lichter D.T.,McLaughlin D.K.,Kephart G.,Landry D.J.Race and theretreat from marriage: A shortage of marriageable men?.American SociologicalReview. 1992;57 (6): 781-799.
33. McCloskey L.Socioeconomic and coercive power within the family.Gender and Society. 1996;10:449-463.
34. Neff J.A.Exploring the dimensionality of "religiosity" and "spirituality" in the Fetzer multidimensional measure.Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 2006;45 (3): 449-459.
35. Nock S.L.A comparison of marriages and cohabiting relationships.Journal of Family Issues. 1995;16 (1): 53-76.
36. O'Keefe M.,Treister L.Victims of dating violence among high school students: Are the predictors different for males and females?.Violence Against Women. 1998;4 (2): 195-223.
37. Pearlin L.,Johnson J.S.Marital status, life strains, and depression.American Sociological Review. 1977;42:704-715.
38. Raghavan C.,Mennerich A.,Sexton E.,James S.E.Community violence and its direct, indirect, and mediating effects on intimate partner violence.Violence against Women. 2006;12 (12): 1132-1149.
39. Rosenberg M.Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton; 1965:.
40. Ross C.E.,Mirowsky J.,Haber J.Marriage patterns and depression.American Sociological Review. 1983;48:809-823.
41. Russell D.,Peplau L.A.,Cutrona C.E.The revised UCLA Loneliness scale: Concurrent & discriminant validity evidence.Journal of Personality & Social Psychology. 1980;39:472-480.
42. Schumacher J.A.,Leonard K.E.Husbands' and wives' marital adjustment, verbal aggression, and physical aggression as longitudinal predictors of physical aggression in early marriage.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2005;73 (1): 28-37.
43. Sherin K.M.,Sinacore J.M.,Li X.Q.,Zitter R.E.,Shakil A.HITS: A short domestic violence screening tool for use in a family practice setting.Family Medicine. 1998;30 (7): 508-12.
44. SimmonsT.O'ConnellM. (2003). Married-couple and unmarried-couple households 2000: Census 2000 special reports. Retrieved on January 14, 2008 fromwww.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/censr-5.pdf.
45. Smock P.J.,Manning W.D.,Porter M."Everything's there except money": How money shapes decisions to marry among cohabitors. Journal of Marriage and Family. 2005;67 (3): 680-696.
46. South S.T.,Spitze G.Housework in marital and nonmarital households.American Sociological Review. 1994;59:327-347.
47. Stets J.E.Cohabiting and marital aggression: The role of social isolation.Journal of Marriage and the Family. 1991;53:669-680.
48. Stets J.E.Verbal and physical aggression in marriage.Journal of Marriage and the Family. 1990;52:501-514.
49. Stets J.E.,Straus M.A.The marriage license as a hitting license: A comparison of assaults in dating, cohabiting, and married couples.Journal of Family Violence. 1989;41 (2): 161-180.
50. Straus M.A.,Sweet S.Verbal/symbolic aggression in couples: Incidence rates and relationships to personal characteristics.Journal of Marriage and the Family. 1992;54:346-357.
51. Taylor R.J.,Mattis J.,Chatters L.M.Subjective religiosity among Blacks: A synthesis of findings from five national samples.Journal of Black Psychology. 1999;25 (4): 524-543.
52. Tolman R.M.,Rafael J.A review of research on welfare and domestic violence.Journal of Social Issues. 2000;56 (4): 655-681.
53. Tolman R.M.,Rosen D.Domestic violence in the lives of women receiving welfare: Mental health, substance dependence, and economic well-being.Violence Against Women. 2001;7 (2): 141-158.
54. Turner, R. J. (1992). Measuring social support: Issues of concept and method. In H.O. F. Veiel & U. Baumann (Eds.), The meaning and measurement of social support. New York: Hemisphere.
55. Tzeng M.The effects of socioeconomic heterogamy and changes on marital dissolution for first marriages.Journal of Marriage and the Family. 1992;54 (3): 609-619.
56. Van Wyk J.A.,Benson M.L.,Fox G.L.,DeMaris A.Detangling individual-, partner-, and community-level correlates of partner violence.Crime & Delinquency. 2003;49 (3): 412-438.
57. Vandello J.A.Sex ratios and homicide across the U.S.International Journal of Psychology Research. 2007;1 (1): 59-80.
58. Vissing Y.M.,Straus M.A.,Gelles R.J.,Harrop J.W.Verbal aggression by parents and psycho-social problems of children.Child Abuse & Neglect. 1990;14:233-238.
59. Waite L.The negative effects of cohabitation.The Responsive Community. 1999;10:31-38.
60. Yllo K.,Straus M.A.Interpersonal violence among married and cohabiting couples.Family Relations. 1981;30:339-347.