| Measuring intrafamily conflict and violence: The conflict tactics (CT) scales MA Straus Physical violence in American families, 29-48, 2017 | 10115 | 2017 |
| The revised conflict tactics scales (CTS2) development and preliminary psychometric data MA Straus, SL Hamby, SUE Boney-McCoy, DB Sugarman Journal of family issues 17 (3), 283-316, 1996 | 9625 | 1996 |
| Behind closed doors: Violence in the American family MA Straus, RJ Gelles, SK Steinmetz Routledge, 2017 | 7870 | 2017 |
| Physical violence in American families M Straus Routledge, 2017 | 4429 | 2017 |
| Societal change and change in family violence from 1975 to 1985 as revealed by two national surveys MA Straus, RJ Gelles Domestic Violence, 63-77, 2017 | 3323 | 2017 |
| Identification of child maltreatment with the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales: Development and psychometric data for a national sample of American parents MA Straus, SL Hamby, D Finkelhor, DW Moore, D Runyan Child abuse & neglect 22 (4), 249-270, 1998 | 3029 | 1998 |
| Intimate violence RJ Gelles Simon & Schuster, 1988 | 2308 | 1988 |
| The violent home RJ Gelles, M Straus Sage, 1987 | 1896 | 1987 |
| Beating the devil out of them: Corporal punishment in American children M Straus, D Donnelly Routledge, 2017 | 1787 | 2017 |
| Prevalence of violence against dating partners by male and female university students worldwide MA Straus Violence against women 10 (7), 790-811, 2004 | 1324 | 2004 |
| The Conflict Tactics Scales and its critics: An evaluation and new data on validity and reliability MA Straus Physical violence in American families, 49-74, 2017 | 1290 | 2017 |
| How violent are American families? Estimates from the National Family Violence Resurvey and other studies MA Straus, RJ Gelles Physical violence in American families, 95-112, 2017 | 1213 | 2017 |
| Determinants of violence in the family: Toward a theoretical interpretation RJ Gelles, MA Straus Contemporary Theories About the Family, Free, New York, 1979 | 1205 | 1979 |
| Corporal punishment by American parents: National data on prevalence, chronicity, severity, and duration, in relation to child and family characteristics MA Straus, JH Stewart Clinical child and family psychology review 2, 55-70, 1999 | 1087 | 1999 |
| Gender differences in reporting marital violence and its medical and psychological consequences JE Stets, MA Straus Physical violence in American families, 151-166, 2017 | 1049 | 2017 |
| Dominance and symmetry in partner violence by male and female university students in 32 nations MA Straus Children and youth services review 30 (3), 252-275, 2008 | 974 | 2008 |
| The “drunken bum” theory of wife beating GK Kantor, MA Straus Physical violence in American families, 203-224, 2017 | 958 | 2017 |
| The controversy over domestic violence by women: a methological, theoretical, and sociology of science analysis. MA Straus The Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology, Feb, 1998, Claremont …, 1999 | 878 | 1999 |
| The marriage license as a hitting license: A comparison of assaults in dating, cohabiting, and married couples JE Stets, MA Straus Journal of family violence 4, 161-180, 1989 | 825 | 1989 |
| Verbal aggression by parents and psychosocial problems of children YM Vissing, MA Straus, RJ Gelles, JW Harrop Child abuse & neglect 15 (3), 223-238, 1991 | 807 | 1991 |
