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Prevalence of psychological and physical intimate partner aggression in Madrid (Spain): a dyadic analysis
José Luis Graña Gómez1, María Luisa Cuenca Montesino
1Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Background:
The goal of the present study is to analyze the prevalence of bidirectional psychological and physical aggression in intimate partner relationships using the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2), and to determine the influence of the variables age and relationship duration.
Method:
The participants were 3,578 heterosexual couples from the Region of Madrid.
Results:
Bidirectional aggression was the most frequent pattern in the dyadic types of aggression examined; we analyzed the prevalences of mutual psychological (46%) and physical aggression (4%), reciprocal psychological (41%) and physical aggression (3%), and bidirectional psychological (80%) and physical aggression (25%). The variables age and relationship duration were significant predictors of bidirectional physical and psychological aggression. Younger couples and couples with less than a one-year relationship duration assaulted each other the most.
Conclusions:
These data provide an objective view of bidirectional aggression in Spanish community samples and serve as a reference point for prevention and intervention programs and forensic reports.
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