title: Toward a theory of sexual aggression: a quadripartite model.
abstract: Sexually aggressive behavior against adult females is an increasingly serious societal problem. The need for a unified theoretical model is addressed by integrating the elements of existing models into a quadripartite model in which the heterogeneity of sexual aggressors is accounted for by the prominence of potential etiological factors. The components of the model--physiological sexual arousal, cognitions that justify sexual aggression, affective dyscontrol, and personality problems--function as motivational precursors that increase the probability of sexually aggressive behavior. The relative prominence of these precursors within different sexually aggressive populations is used to define major subtypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Ohio 44242-0001.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hirschman
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001143:Arousal; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior