Head injury in partner-abusive men.
Research into etiology of marital aggression has focused primarily on psychosocial, political, and cultural factors, to the exclusion of physiological influences. Fifty-three partner abusive men, 45 maritally satisfied, and 32 maritally discordant, nonviolent men were evaluated for past history of head injury, by a physician who was not informed of group membership and aggression history. Logistic regressions confirmed that head injury was a significant predictor of being a battered. The implications of these findings for both marital aggression and post-head injury rehabilitation are discussed.
Rosenbaum
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655.
Hoge
S K
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Adelman
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Warnken
W J
WJ
Fletcher
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Kane
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RL
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence