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Published in final edited form as: Violence Vict. 2010;25(5):649–661. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.5.649

TABLE 4.

Bivariate Correlates of Perpetration Behaviors

Variable	Low-Level Aggression Perpetration				p Value	Injury Perpetration				p Value	Sexual Coercion Perpetration				p Value
	Yes (n = 179)		No (n = 403)			Yes (n = 75)		No (n = 507)			Yes (n = 31)		No (n = 550)
	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	56	31.4	185	45.9	.001	26	34.7	215	42.4	.20	23	74.2	218	39.6	.0001
Female	123	68.7	218	54.1		49	65.3	292	57.6		8	25.8	332	60.4
Race
Black	108	60.3	246	61.4	.96	45	60.0	309	61.2	.94	20	64.5	333	60.8	.80
White	32	17.9	68	16.9		14	18.7	86	17.0		4	12.9	96	17.5
Other	39	21.8	87	21.7		16	21.3	110	21.8		7	22.6	119	21.7
Victimization
Yes	152	84.9	149	36.9	<.0001	66	88.0	235	46.4	<.0001	21	67.7	280	50.9	.07
No	27	15.1	254	63.0		9	12.0	272	53.6		10	32.3	270	49.1
Current PTSD
Yes	55	30.8	67	16.6	.0001	17	22.7	105	20.7	.69	10	32.3	112	20.4	.11
No	124	69.3	336	83.4		58	77.3	402	79.3		21	67.7	438	79.6
Lifetime PTSD
Yes	100	55.9	116	28.9	<.0001	49	52.0	177	34.9	.004	12	38.7	204	37.1	.86
No	79	44.1	287	71.2		36	48.0	330	65.1		19	61.3	346	62.9
Major depression
Yes	74	41.3	134	33.3	.06	30	40.0	178	35.1	.41	11	35.5	197	35.5	.97
No	105	58.7	269	66.8		45	60.0	329	64.9		20	64.5	353	64.2
Substance use disorder
Past year	55	30.7	64	15.9	<.0001	22	29.3	97	19.1	<.0001	12	38.7	107	19.5	.02
Prior to past year	47	26.3	80	19.9		28	37.3	99	29.5		8	25.8	119	21.6
No lifetime SUD	77	43.0	259	64.3		25	33.3	311	61.3		11	35.5	324	58.9
Limiting pain
Yes	164	91.6	358	88.8	.31	67	89.3	455	89.7	.91	27	87.1	494	99.8	.55
No	15	8.4	45	11.2		8	10.7	52	10.3		4	12.9	56	10.2

	M	SD	M	SD	p Value	M	SD	M	SD	p Value	M	SD	M	SD	p Value

Age in years	46.43	8.93	45.51	9.94	.29	46.56	9.1	45.7	9.7	.5	45.1	10.2	45.8	9.6	.87
SF-12 physical health score	36.17	11.22	36.70	11.80	.6	35.74	12.2	36.7	11.5	.5	37.3	11.6	36.5	11.4	.69
SF-12 mental health score	40.28	13.14	42.84	12.36	.02	40.49	12.6	42.3	12.9	.3	42.92	11.5	41.9	12.7	.69

Note. Victimization includes at least one of the three forms of aggression (i.e., low-level aggression, injury, sexual coercion). PTSD = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; SUD = Substance Use Disorder; SF-12 = Short Form-12 Physical and Mental Health–Related Quality of Life.