Personality and intimate partner aggression in dating relationships: the role of the "Big Five".
Although personality is shown to predict negative relationship experiences, few researchers have used a structural model of personality to study the ways that personality contributes to intimate partner aggression (IPA). This study investigates the five-factor model of personality and its associations with both the use and receipt of psychological, physical, and sexual IPA in 179 men and 301 women. Each of the five factors of personality was associated with at least one type of IPA perpetration or victimization. The dimensions of neuroticism and agreeableness were the strongest predictors of IPA particularly for women. Results are discussed in terms of why personality should be considered as a predictor for both the use and receipt of IPA, why sex differences emerged, and future research that should be conducted.
Hines
Denise A
DA
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. dhines@clarku.edu
Saudino
Kimberly J
KJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult