PROSPECTIVE PREDICTION OF HUSBAND MARITAL AGGRESSION WITHIN NEWLYWED COUPLES

This study prospectively examined a social interactional model of husb and marital aggression. Young couples were assessed at the time of the ir ist marriage with respect to marital conflict styles, alcohol consu mption, hostility gender identity, perceived power inequity, and histo ry of family violence. Couples were reassessed at their I-year anniver sary, and information concerning marital aggression was collected. Mos t of the constructs were prospectively related to husband aggression, but these relationships were largely mediated through marital conflict styles and husband alcohol consumption, which in turn were influenced by husband's hostility, gender identity, and perceived power inequity .