The development and initial psychometric investigation of the Dating Attitudes Inventory
(DAI) is reported. The DAI was created, to fill a gap in the literature and to measure specific …

Sex differences in motivations for and effects of dating violence are investigated using
perceptions of both victims and perpetrators. A total of 495 college students (207 males and …

A multivariate approach was used to determine the pattern of predictors associated with
engaging in dating violence. Predictors were selected whose relationship to dating violence …

This study examined frequency and severity of physical, symbolic, and psychological
aggression between college men and women in 85 heterosexual dating relationships and …

The present study tested sex as a moderator of the connections between men's and
women's masculine gender role strain (ie, masculine gender role conflict and masculine …

This study describes the development and validation of three Attitudes Towards Male Dating
Violence (AMDV) Scales and three Attitudes Towards Female Dating Violence (AFDV) …

There are limited empirical investigations that directly compare men and women's
motivations, or reasons, for perpetrating physical dating violence (DV). In an attempt to …

This study empirically evaluates the Riggs and O'Leary (1989) model of dating violence. A
sample of 200 college students completes assessments concerning the occurrence of …

Empirical research throughout the past three decades has shown dating violence to be a
prevalent social problem. The heightened awareness of aggression and abuse within dating …

Previous research reported that the Masculine Gender Role Stress (MGRS) scale identifies
men who are susceptible to stress when challenges to their masculinity ideology occurred in …