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Learning Courtship Aggression: The Influence of Parents, Peers, and Personal Experience

NCJ Number
111035
Journal
Family Relations Volume: 36 Issue: 3 Dated: (July 1987) Pages: 276-282
Author(s)
P A Gwartney-Gibbs; J Stockard; A Bohmer
Date Published
1987
Length
7 pages
Annotation
Using a differential association/social learning framework and sex role theory, we examine four research questions concerning the zero-order and relative influences of parents, peers, and individuals' personal experiences on courtship aggression.
Abstract
We examine data separately for aggressors and victims as well as females and males, and we distinguish among three types of courtship aggression: abuse, violence, and sexual aggression. The results, from a random sample of college students, indicate that influences most proximate in time and place affect courtship aggression most strongly; that is, individuals' own experiences as victims and perpetrators are stronger influences than parents and peers in predicting courtship aggression. Patterns of results vary by type of aggressive behavior and sex of respondent. (Author abstract)

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