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Violence between Intimate Partners: Calling It "Battering" and Allocating Blame.
Sedlak, Andrea J. – 1984
Many questions about how couples construe violence between intimate partners remain unanswered. In order to examine the "labeling" of violence, attitudes about intimate violence, and victims' reactions to assault, 125 undergraduate students completed a three-part questionnaire, including a Battering Empathy Scale (BES), a section…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attribution Theory, Battered Women, College Students
Understanding Violence between Intimate Partners: The Effects of Personal Experience and Victim Reactions on Labelling it "Battering" and Allocating Blame.
Sedlak, Andrea J. – 1984
To investigate reactions to violence between intimate partners, 125 undergraduates (68 males, 57 females) completed a three-part questionnaire. The instrument assessed general attitudes about violence between intimates, respondents' personal history as victim or abuser, and their willingness to use the label "battering". In addition, 24…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Battered Women, College Students, Emotional Response