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Publication Date: 2005-Dec
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Assessing Aggression in Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Can We Do It Better?
Jouriles, Ernest N.; McDonald, Renee; Garrido, Edward; Rosenfield, David; Brown, Alan S.
Psychological Assessment, v17 n4 p469-475 Dec 2005
Almost all research on aggression in adolescent romantic relationships makes use of 1-time, retrospective assessment methods. In the present research, the authors compared data on the experience of adolescent relationship aggression (physical aggression and threatening behavior) collected from 125 high school students via 2 methods: (a) a 1-time, 2-month retrospective assessment and (b) a cumulative method based on four 2-week retrospective assessments, each spaced 2 weeks apart. For the cumulative method, data from the 4 assessments were aggregated to cover the same time period as the single, 2-month retrospective assessment. A greater proportion of the sample (48.0%) reported experiencing physical aggression using the cumulative method compared with the single, 2-month retrospective method (27.0%). The prevalence of threatening behavior was also higher using the cumulative method (48.8% vs. 24.8%). Adolescent trauma and anxiety symptoms correlated more strongly with physical aggression data derived from the cumulative method than from the 1-time assessment method.
Descriptors: Aggression, Adolescents, Evaluation Methods, High School Students, Incidence, Anxiety, Correlation, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy, Student Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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