Gainful Activity and Intimate Partner Aggression in Emerging Adulthood

Gainful Activity and Intimate Partner Aggression in Emerging Adulthood.

Although intimate partner aggression crosses social class boundaries, education and income are important predictors. Yet given that emerging adulthood is a transitional period, completed education and employment, as single measures, are not ideal indicators of socioeconomic status for young people. We examined associations between self-reports of gainful activity, defined as enrollment in schoo...

Intimate partner aggression and women's work outcomes.

Using conservation of resources theory, we examined the relationship between intimate partner aggression enacted against heterosexual women and 3 types of work-related outcomes for these women: withdrawal while at work (i.e., cognitive distraction, work neglect), withdrawal from work (i.e., partial absenteeism, intentions to quit), and performance. In Study 1, we compared withdrawal both at and...

Witness of intimate partner violence in childhood and perpetration of intimate partner violence in adulthood.

BACKGROUND At least half a million women are victims of intimate partner violence in the United States annually, resulting in substantial harm. However, the etiology of violence to intimate partners is not well understood. Witnessing such violence in childhood has been proposed as a principal cause of adulthood perpetration, yet it remains unknown whether the association between witnessing inti...

The Role of Friendships in the Development and Management of Intimate Partner Conflicts during Emerging Adulthood

Cohabitation and Intimate Partner Violence during Emerging Adulthood: High Constraints and Low Commitment.

In recent years, a majority of young adults experience cohabitation. Nevertheless, cohabitation is a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV). Drawing on social exchange and commitment theory we analyzed young adults' IPV experiences using the recently collected (2011-2012) Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study data (n = 926). We found that sociodemographic characteristics, relationship ...