Table 2.

Mean effect sizes and homogeneity tests for moderators of the relationship between anger, hostility, anger/hostility, negative emotion and IPV.

Moderator Variables	# of effects	Mean d	95% CI	Q between	Q within
Construct				2.51
Anger	37	.48***	.27 – .68		21.33
Hostility	17	.56***	.27 – .85		3.20
Anger/Hostility Composite	3	.64**	−.04 – 1.32		.03
Negative Emotions	47	.33***	.16 – .51		61.46
Neg. Emotions				.40	32.00
Depression	26	.42**	.12 – .72		24.16
Anxiety-related	13	.36*	−.07 – .79		7.30
Other	4	.15	−.63 – .93		.53
Sex of Perpetrator				.29	117.70
Male	93	.44***	.32 – .55		84.85
Female	30	.37***	.17 – .57		32.84
IPV Perpetrator Population				.88	91.11
Community	45	.40***	.22 – .57		25.10
Clinical	38	.50***	.31 – .69		55.99*
Mixed Sample	21	.37***	.11 – .63		10.02
Relationship Type				1.72
Married or Dating Cohabitating	58	.41***	.25 – .56		24.53
Dating, Non-Cohabitating	2	.47	−.56 – 1.30		.02
Mixed	29	.59***	.36 – .81		51.68**
Dating Mixed	6	.46	−.02 – .93	2.64	.71
Married (only)	50	.38***	.21 – .54		21.76
Dating	7	.39	−.06 – .84		.41
Mixed	37	.59***	.39 – .78		53.76*
Method of Assessment				2.68
Self-Report	83	.48***	.35 – .60		82.47
Observational	23	.25*	.00 – .49		11.98

^a+ = .07,

^*p = .05;

^**p = .01;

^***p = .001;

CI = confidence interval

^aFull list of self-report measures available upon request.

^bThree effect sizes from anger/hostility composite measures were included in this analysis.

^cThere were moderate effect sizes for anger, hostility, and anger/hostility composite scores and IPV (d = .51, k = 56, 95% CI = .46 – .56, p < .001), an anger and anger/hostility composite and IPV (d = .52, k = 40, 95% CI = .46 – .57, p < .001), and hostility and anger/hostility composite scores and IPV (d = .53, k = 19, 95% CI = .46 – .60, p < .001). These effect sizes were calculated for comparison purposes to the findings of Norlander and Eckhardt (2005).