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5 J. Fam. Violence 1 (1990)

handle is hein.journals/jfamv5 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Family Violence, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1990 A Risk Marker Analysis of Assaulted Wives Gerald T. Hotaling' and David B. Sugarman2 In the wife assault literature, a number of risk markers have been identified. Using the data of the female respondents to the National Family Violence Survey (n = 699), a multivariate analysis was performed to examine which risk factors best differentiated between women involved in nonviolent rela- tionships, verbally aggressive relationships, relationships exhibiting minor physical aggression and severely violent relationships. High levels of marital conflict and lower socioeconomic status emerged as the primary predictors of an increased likelihood of wife assault. Research implications are discussed. KEY WORDS: wife assault; risk markers; multivariate analysis. INTRODUCTION In the past 15 years, a considerable amount of research has been con- ducted on the social and psychological factors that place women at-risk to wife assault. An overall assessment of this literature has revealed some uni- form findings and some glaring inconsistencies. For example, four different review articles on risk markers [A risk marker in the case of wife assault refers to an attribute or characteristic that is associated with an increased likeli- hood of wife assault. Risk markers are not necessarily causal factors but they can be (Last, 1983).] associated with violence against women in close relationships (Hotaling and Sugarman, 1984; 1986; Pagelow, 1984; Sedlak, 1988) are in general agreement about three issues. First, there are a number of variables that differentiate men who physically assault their female part- ners from men who do not. Assaultive men are reported to have lower self- 'Department of Criminal Justice University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854. 2Department of Psychology, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island 02908. 0885-7482/90/0300-0001$06.00/0 © 1990 Plenum Publishing Corporation

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