Title:
Psychological functions and domestic violence
Author:
Kenneth Gwen Thomas
Committee Member:
Jack Compton
Committee Member:
Mary Paula Walsh
Committee Member:
Sharon Cheston
Committee Member:
Mickey Fenzel
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
1991
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
The U.S. Surgeon General cited domestic violence as a major health problem in America. Using data collected from 204 volunteers residing in the Washington D.C. metro area, this study examined whether there is any association between psychological function (as measured by the METI) and domestic violence (as measured by the Gelles and Straus Conflict Tactics Scale). Three research and three exploratory hypotheses concerning psychological functions and abuse/abused status were tested by means of chi square test for independence. None of the hypotheses was sustained. One study conclusion is that a more specific form of sampling (i.e., a probability based sample stratified on abuser/abused status) would provide stronger data for a test of the study hypotheses, since it is the lack of reported abuse which contributed to low cell sizes in the analysis.
Subject:
Child abuse--Psychological aspects
Subject:
Extraversion--Testing
Subject:
Family violence--Psychological aspects
Subject:
Introversion--Testing
Subject:
Marital violence--Psychological aspects
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Pastoral Counseling
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Identifier:
ThomasKG-91
