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Romantic Relational Aggression: What about Gender?

Authors: Daniel M. Bagner, Eric A. Storch, Andrew S. Preston

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 1/2007

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This study examined the relations among romantic relational aggression, social anxiety, loneliness, depressive symptoms, and alcohol and drug use in a sample of 215 undergraduate college students. Consistent with prior work, no gender differences were found in the experience of romantic relational aggression. Results indicated that romantic relational aggression was positively associated with social anxiety (for women only), loneliness, depressive symptoms, and alcohol use and drug use. Implications of these findings for the role of aggression within the context of intimate relationships during college are discussed.

Ninety three percent of the participants were between the ages of 17 and 25.

Further psychometric properties of the Romantic Relational Aggression scale can be obtained from the second author.

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Title: Romantic Relational Aggression: What about Gender?
Authors: Daniel M. Bagner
Eric A. Storch
Andrew S. Preston
Publication date: 01-01-2007
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-006-9055-x

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