However, physical
aggression against partners among teens is a very different phenomenon than battering.
The studies identify that teens who see aggressive scenes between parents were more likely to perceive the violence as something justifiable in a loving relationship, a belief that predicts the perpetration of
aggression against partners (Clarey, Hokoda, & Ulloa, 2010; Rey - Anacona, 2011; Temple, Shorey, Fite, Stuart, & Le, 2013).
Stephenson et al. (2013) identify that peer influence occurs in several ways, such as by encouraging the act of
aggression against partners, providing damaging information about partners or by minimizing the importance of aggression.
In Canada, Sears, Byers, and Price (2007) reported that of the 633 participants, 51 % of the female adolescents and 43 % of male adolescents reported that they used some form of
aggression against the partner.
Not exact matches
23.9 percent of these men reported perpetrating physical violence, 46.5 percent sexual violence and 62.4 percent psychological
aggression against an intimate
partner in the year before the study;
60: 70 — 78) by showing how attachment styles, perception of relationship power, and satisfaction with relationship power are related in predicting
aggression against a romantic
partner.
They may lash out in defense
against what they perceive to be
aggression, insensitivity, or coldness from their
partner, the inescapable result of lack of warmth afforded by virtual media.
Unlike other forms of intimate
partner violence (e.g., situational couple violence), which often arise in the context of interpersonal conflict and tend to involve minor forms of physical
aggression, CCV involves physical violence that is associated with a chronic pattern of emotionally abusive intimidation, coercion, and control directed by one
partner (the perpetrator)
against the other (the victim)(e.g., Johnson, 1999, 2008; Kelly & Johnson, 2008).