Risk Factors for Men's Intimate Physical Aggression in Spain

• NCJ Number: 247934
• Journal: Journal of Family Violence Volume: 29 Issue: 3 Dated: April 2014 Pages: 287-297
• Author(s): Anita Jose; K. D. O’Leary; Jose Luis Graña Gomez; Heather M. Foran
• Date Published: April 2014
• Length: 11 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study tests a model of physical aggression in a sample of 194 men being treated for physical or psychological aggression in the greater Madrid area of Spain.

Abstract

This study tests a model of physical aggression in a sample of 194 men being treated for physical or psychological aggression in the greater Madrid area of Spain. The prevalence of aggression in this sample was lower than in a US batterer sample. In the path model highlighted here, borderline personality traits and alcohol problems were identified as risk factors for physical aggression perpetration and the role of borderline traits was mediated by psychological aggression. A reciprocal relationship was found between psychological perpetration and victimization but not physical perpetration and victimization. These findings are discussed within a cross-cultural context; conceptual and treatment implications are also addressed. Abstract published by arrangement with Springer.