Vickerman Katrina A, Margolin Gayla
Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-1061, USA.
Violence Vict. 2008;23(1):18-34. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.23.1.18.
This study used three-level generalized hierarchical linear modeling to examine trajectories of husbands' and wives' physical and emotional aggression over three assessments and the effects of years since marriage. In this community sample of 118 couples, physical aggression significantly decreased over time (43% per year). Emotional aggression did not significantly change over time, but trajectories significantly differed for husbands (3% increase) versus wives (10% decrease). Longer-duration marriages had lower physical aggression and, for wives only, lower emotional aggression. Aggression trajectories showed considerable variability: 44%-55% of physically aggressive spouses desisted from one assessment to the next; 5%-12% reported start-ups in physical aggression. Discussion addresses the role of gender and type of aggression in aggression trajectories.
本研究采用三级广义分层线性模型，以考察夫妻在三次评估中身体攻击和情感攻击的轨迹，以及结婚年限的影响。在这个由118对夫妻组成的社区样本中，身体攻击随时间显著减少（每年减少43%）。情感攻击随时间没有显著变化，但丈夫（增加3%）和妻子（减少10%）的轨迹存在显著差异。婚姻持续时间越长，身体攻击越低，仅对妻子而言，情感攻击也越低。攻击轨迹显示出相当大的变异性：44%-55%的身体攻击配偶在相邻两次评估之间停止攻击；5%-12%的人报告开始出现身体攻击行为。讨论涉及性别和攻击类型在攻击轨迹中的作用。
