title: Gainful Activity and Intimate Partner Aggression in Emerging Adulthood.
abstract: Although intimate partner aggression crosses social class boundaries, education and income are important predictors. Yet given that emerging adulthood is a transitional period, completed education and employment, as single measures, are not ideal indicators of socioeconomic status for young people. We examined associations between self-reports of gainful activity, defined as enrollment in schoolorfull-time employment, and intimate partner aggression among young adults in dating, cohabiting, or married relationships (N=648). Both men and women's participation in gainful activity was negatively associated with aggression. We found that when neither partner was gainfully active, individuals reported higher frequency of physical aggression. In cases of gainful activity asymmetry, the gender of the gainfully active partner did not predict intimate partner aggression. Additionally, we found no evidence that the association between gainful activity and frequency of intimate partner aggression differed by union type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and the Center for Family and Demographic Research Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvira-Hammond
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and the Center for Family and Demographic Research Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403.
authors.forename: Monica A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Longmore
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and the Center for Family and Demographic Research Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403.
authors.forename: Wendy D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and the Center for Family and Demographic Research Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403.
authors.forename: Peggy C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Giordano
keywords: aggression; education; employment; intimate partner violence; partner asymmetries