Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Motives, Perpetration, Victimization, and Social Desirability

Motives How often did you use violence…	% Endorsed	M	SD
Expression of negative emotions	95	1.09	0.65
Because your partner said something that hurt you	77	1.07	0.81
Because he made you angry	87	1.28	0.81
Because you wanted to let him know he couldn’t get  away with mistreating you	74	1.12	0.91
Because you were frustrated	72	1.01	0.83
Because you were fed up with his behavior	67	0.98	0.89
Control	89	0.74	0.55
To make your partner do the things you wanted him to  do	67	0.85	0.76
Because you wanted him to give you something, like  money, or something for your children	36	0.48	0.75
Because you wanted him to do something	57	0.70	0.74
Because you couldn’t stop yourself	57	0.78	0.82
To feel in control	50	0.66	0.79
Because he tried to control you	68	0.98	0.88
Tough Guise	84	0.45	0.46
To harm your partner	44	0.56	0.74
To intimidate your partner	39	0.53	0.77
Because you feel better after a fight	18	0.24	0.56
To scare him	35	0.45	0.71
Because you were drinking or using drugs	33	0.47	0.79
To physically hurt him	35	0.45	0.71
To get “turned on” sexually	5	0.07	0.33
To get him to take you seriously	63	0.81	0.77
Self-defense	83	0.84	0.74
To defend yourself from your partner	77	1.28	0.99
To get your partner to stop hitting or hurting you	65	1.07	1.03
Because you knew a beating was coming and you  wanted to get it over with	28	0.39	0.71
Because he became abusive when he drank	45	0.75	1.00
To get away as he was beating you	46	0.68	0.33
Jealousy	67	0.71	0.68
Because you thought your partner was unfaithful	54	0.69	0.75
Because you were jealous	58	0.74	0.78
Perpetration and Victimization
Physical aggression perpetration	100	1.00	0.80
Psychological aggression perpetration	100	2.19	0.83
Coercive control perpetration	88	1.16	0.84
Sexual aggression perpetration	32	0.18	0.56
Physical aggression victimization	90	0.97	0.98
Psychological aggression victimization	100	2.26	1.03
Coercive control victimization	95	1.73	1.16
Sexual aggression victimization	53	0.50	0.93
Social desirability		3.55	0.64

Note. Responses for motive items were: never (0), sometimes (1), often (2), and almost always (3). Responses for perpetration and victimization items were: never (0), once in the past six months (1), twice in the past six months (2), three to five times in the past six months (3), six to ten times in the past six months (4), and more than ten times in the past six months (5). Responses for social desirability items were: strongly disagree (1), disagree (2), undecided or unsure (3), agree (4), and strongly agree (5).