Correlates of Partner Abuse in Male Same-Sex Relationships

From: Violence and Victims | Date: May 1, 2008| Author: Bartholomew, Kim; Regan, Katherine V; Oram, Doug; White, Monica A | Copyright information

We investigated correlates of partner abuse in male same-sex relationships in a randomly selected community sample (N = 186). We included factors associated with abuse in heterosexual relationships, as well as factors of relevance to gay relationships. We assessed perpetration and receipt of partner abuse to examine whether variables were associated independently with abuse perpetration and/or receipt. Correlates of same-sex partner abuse were largely parallel to established correlates of het...

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