Graña JL, et al. – The current study examined the effect of individual–level relationship satisfaction on couples’ mean reports of aggression and agreement about acts of physical and psychological aggression. According to the findings obtained, psychological aggression played a more relevant role in women’s relationship satisfaction than physical aggression.

Methods

• A quota sampling method was conducted to enroll a community sample of 2.988 heterosexual adult couples from the Region of Madrid (Spain).

Results

• Researchers reported that the percentages of intimate partner aggression considering the highest report of aggression in the couple were around 60% of psychological aggression and 15% of physical aggression.
• Couples that used aggressive tactics demonstrated low to moderate levels of agreement about physical and psychological aggression.
• Multilevel models confirm that women’s relationship satisfaction had a significant influence on the level of agreement about acts of psychological aggression, however, the same pattern of outcomes was not noticed for men.
• They discovered that men and women’s relationship satisfaction had no significant influence on the level of agreement about physical aggression.