What Will Happen If I Punch Him?: Expected Consequences of Female Violence Against Male Dating Partners

• NCJ Number: 229492
• Journal: Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma Volume: 18 Issue: 7 Dated: October-November 2009 Pages: 739-751
• Author(s): Penny A. Leisring
• Date Published: November 2009
• Length: 13 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Special issue on Female Offenders of Intimate Partner Violence, Part II, for additional information see NCJ-229488-491 and NCJ-229493-494.

Annotation

This study examined the expected consequences for physical violence perpetrated by women against their male dating partners.

Abstract

Aggressive women were more likely than nonaggressive women to expect that using aggression would result in winning an argument/getting their way and were more likely to expect retaliation by a partner. Among the aggressive women, perpetrator guilt was negatively correlated with the frequency of using physical aggression. Clinical implications of this study are discussed. Women's use of physical violence within college dating relationships is common, yet far less is known about aggressive women than what is known about aggressive men. This study examined expected consequences of using physical aggression against dating partners among aggressive and nonaggressive college women. Tables and references (Published Abstract)