title: Dating aggression among high school students.
abstract: Links were examined among physical aggression toward a dating partner, parental aggression, and justification of physical aggression during an argument in a sample of 228 (122 male and 106 female) high school students. Forty-four percent of females and 16% of males reported engaging in at least one physically aggressive behavior toward a dating partner during a disagreement, with the modal form of aggression being push, grab or shove for both males and females. The probability that a male, but not a female, would aggress was significantly predicted by parental aggression and justification of aggression. Among aggressive students, the extent of males' aggression was strongly predicted by their justification of aggression; the extent of females' aggression was not predictable. Implications for prevention and intervention programs are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Ward Melville High School, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: O'Leary
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kendziora
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003380:Courtship; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires