NCJ Number
150393
Journal
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1994) Pages: 399-411
Date Published
1994
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This series of three studies attempted to replicate earlier findings of a link between the father-son relationship and aggression, using a larger sample and a different methodology.
Abstract
Items for the parental relationship assessment scales were drawn from transcripts of interviews with rapists, which were appended to the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire, a measure that combines a modified version of the Sexual Experiences Survey and scales that measure anger toward women, the need to dominate women, and a disinhibitory factor. Subjects in all the studies were male undergraduates. The cumulative evidence offered modest evidence for the hypothesis that sexually aggressive men, when compared to their nonaggressive counterparts, reported more problematic relationships with their fathers. However, in none of the studies did sexually aggressive men rate their relationships with their mothers as being problematic. 7 tables and 17 references