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Toward a theory of sexual aggression: A quadripartite model.

1991; American Psychological Association; Volume: 59; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1037/0022-006x.59.5.662

1939-2117

Gordon C. Nagayama Hall, Richard Hirschman,

Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

Sexually aggressive behavior against adult females is an increasingly serious societal problem. The need for a unified theoretical model is addressed by integrating the elements of existing models into a quadripartite model in which the heterogeneity of sexual aggressors is accounted for by the prominence of potential etiological factors. The components of the model--physiological sexual arousal, cognitions that justify sexual aggression, affective dyscontrol, and personality problems--function as motivational precursors that increase the probability of sexually aggressive behavior. The relative prominence of these precursors within different sexually aggressive populations is used to define major subtypes.