Approximately three quarters of chronically depressed men and women reported
experiencing psychological aggression from their partner in the past year and 12 — 17 % reported physical aggression.
The participants were asked how often in the past year their partner had engaged in specific acts of physical and
psychological aggression towards them during a conflict.
This program was shown to significantly reduce reports of physical aggression and harmful alcohol consumption, but had no significant effect on reports
of psychological aggression.
A Descriptive Investigation of Proximal Factors to Female Perpetrated
Psychological Aggression in Dating Relationships pp. 131 - 146 (16) Authors: Shorey, Ryan C.; Febres, Jeniimarie; Brasfield, Hope; Stuart, Gregory L.
This study examined moderated effects of Family Foundations (FF) program for couples on
partner psychological aggression and parent - child physical aggression when the child was 3 years old.
Results indicate that in the initial and 12 - month assessments, SEEK mothers reported
less Psychological Aggression than controls and SEEK mothers reported fewer Minor Physical Assaults than controls.
More specifically related to sexuality, Capaldi, Dishion, Stoolmiller, and Yoerger (2001) examined the relation between the contents of observed conversations between 17 — 18 - year - old male adolescents and their friends, and physical and
psychological aggression toward female partners.
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;
Past studies show the risk of violence is approximately 36 percent greater for pregnant women than non-pregnant women, 5 and the onset of pregnancy has been linked to a significant uptick in both the frequency and severity of violence.6 Sexual and
psychological aggression also climb during this time.7 The suggestion that pregnancy correlates with high rates of violence dovetails with original data collected by CFRP.
Her research focuses on the links between maternal and paternal parenting practices (
e.g. psychological aggression, physical punishment, warmth and responsiveness) and children's socio - emotional and cognitive competence in different racial / ethnic and cultural groups in the United States and other societies.
However, parental aggression toward children is not always physical in nature, and parental disciplinary strategies can also
include psychological aggression (PA).
In a nationally representative sample, approximately 75 % reported at least one act of
psychological aggression from their partner in the past year (Straus and Sweet 1992).
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for psychological aggression and constructive communication / Personal Relationships 9 (3): 239 ~ 251
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One study found that 90 % of parents of 2 - year - olds use at least some type of «
psychological aggression» with their children.
The research also found that those girls who had previously experienced dating violence reported lower levels of
psychological aggression and psychological distress after completing the program, relative to girls in a comparison group.
The term «intimate partner violence» describes physical violence, sexual violence, stalking and
psychological aggression (including coercive acts) by a current or former intimate...
The above three studies only concern physical violence, but if verbal and
psychological aggression were counted, the prevalence rate of dating violence would.
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Domestic violence includes physical, sexual, verbal, emotional and
psychological aggression, and we can add these to the list of threats and intimidation.
Pediatricians can offer parents developmentally appropriate anticipatory guidance about the dangers of
psychological aggression and maltreatment and model healthier parenting approaches to parents in the office at each visit.
We conceptualize violence broadly to include child maltreatment,
psychological aggression, sexual violence and coercive control, intimate partner violence, teen dating violence, bullying, community violence, and political violence.
Agencies targeting family health and happiness have begun to campaign the signs and symptoms of emotional abuse that range from torment and control to manipulation and
psychological aggression.
This work evaluated a psycho - educational, group - based, conjoint treatment for couples experiencing intimate partner violence characterized by mutual low - level physical violence and
psychological aggression.
Results indicate significant program effects reduced partner
psychological aggression by fathers and reduced parent - child physical aggression by mothers for couples with frequent preprogram partner psychological aggression and reduced partner psychological aggression by fathers for couples with severe preprogram partner physical aggression.
Has a child who experienced physical abuse and / or neglect for which the report to CPS was filed within the last 180 days, anxiety and trauma / PTSD, depression, substance abuse, difficulty managing anger, safety risks, difficulties with family problem solving, negative family communication, physical force in parenting, neglectful parenting, parental
psychological aggression, low social support, parental blame of the child for the abuse / neglect, and difficulties maintaining housing or jobs
Physical abuse and / or neglect for which the report to child protective services was filed within the last 180 days, youth aggression, anxiety and trauma / PTSD, substance abuse, difficulty managing anger, safety risks, difficulties with family problem solving, negative family communication, physical force in parenting, neglectful parenting, parental
psychological aggression, low social support, parental blame of the child for the abuse / neglect, and school difficulties
In addition, pretest harsh parenting scores predicted children's outcomes, suggesting that families with relatively higher initial levels of parental
psychological aggression and corporal punishment had more robust child outcomes following completion of the program.
At one - year follow - up, mothers in the Healthy Families NY program reported fewer acts of very serious abuse, minor physical aggression, and
psychological aggression in the past year, as well as fewer acts of harsh parenting in the last week.