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Review
. 1991 Oct;59(5):662-9.
doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.59.5.662.

Toward a theory of sexual aggression: a quadripartite model

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Toward a theory of sexual aggression: a quadripartite model

G C Hall et al. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1991 Oct.

Abstract

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.

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