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Male‐to‐female sexual aggression among Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam veterans: Co‐occurring substance abuse and intimate partner aggression
Author(s) -
Teten Andra L.,
Schumacher Julie A.,
Bailey Sara D.,
Kent Thomas A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20422
Subject(s) - aggression , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , poison control , substance abuse , domestic violence , sexual abuse , injury prevention , posttraumatic stress , suicide prevention , depression (economics) , medicine , medical emergency , economics , macroeconomics
The current study examined the frequency and correlates of coercive sexual behaviors by male Iraq, Afghanistan, and/or Vietnam veterans recruited from a Veterans Affairs trauma recovery clinic ( n = 92) toward their female partners. Men who reported sexual aggression in the past year ( n = 37) compared to men who did not report sexual aggression in the past year ( n = 55) more frequently reported impulsive aggression, dominating/isolating, and physically assaulting their partner, and were more likely to have a substance abuse diagnosis. Sexually aggressive men were significantly less likely than nonsexually aggressive men to have a diagnosis of depression. Posttraumatic stress disorder, an established risk factor for nonsexual partner aggression among veterans, was not associated with sexual aggression.