Perceptions Of Domestic Violence Research Articles

Assessment of Wife Assault with the Conflict Tactics Scale: Using Couple Data to Quantify the Differential Reporting Effect

The Straus Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) has been used frequently in past research to assess incidents of assault between spouses. The majority of these studies have relied on CTS scores from only one member of a couple. Szinovacz (1983) corrected this shortcoming by administering the CTS to 103 nonassaultive couples. In the current study the CTS was administered to 30 assaultive couples where the husband was undergoing treatment for wife assault. Differential reporting was found whereby husbands tend to view their marital relationship as mutually violent, while wives view it as husband-violent. Except when weapons were implicated, the husband-wife correlation on specific items of the CTS ranged from +.32 to +.57, indicating considerable disparity in recall for violence. The methodological and clinical implications of these findings are discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1986. Copyright © 1986 by the National Council on Family Relations) Domestic Violence Victim Domestic Violence Offender Domestic Violence Perceptions Spouse Abuse Offender Spouse Abuse Victim Spouse Abuse Perceptions Adult Female Adult Male Adult Offender Adult Victim Adult Violence Adult Perceptions Male Offender Male Violence Male Perceptions Husband Offender Wife Victim Female Perceptions Female Victim Victim Perceptions Offender Perceptions Violence Against Women Partner Violence Self Report Statistics Domestic Violence Incidence and Prevalence Spouse Abuse Incidence and Prevalence 06-01

Adolescent perspectives on family violence.

VioLit summary: OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study by Schumm et al. was to evaluate the three aspects (physical violence, verbal aggression, reasoning scales) of Straus's Conflict Tactics Scale. METHODOLOGY: This study combined a quasi-experimental cross-sectional design with a probability sample of randomly selected adolescents from a rural southeastern Kansas community and from the city of Wichita, Kansas. The rural group included 47 males and 36 females, average age 15.1 years. The urban group included 53 males and 45 females average age 15.8 years. Primary data collection for each group contained 3 principal components; the physical violence scale, verbal aggression scale and reasoning scale. This was analyzed through principal components analysis with varimax rotation using an SPSS routine. FINDINGS/DISCUSSION: Straus's Conflict Tactics Scales factor structures were confirmed, with strongest support for the physical violence scale. (CSPV Abstract - Copyright © 1992-2007 by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, Regents of the University of Colorado) KW - Help Seeking Behavior KW - Kansas KW - Domestic Violence Perceptions KW - Juvenile Perceptions KW - Family Conflict KW - Child Abuse Perceptions KW - Verbal Aggression KW - Survey Instrument Language: en

Abusive and nonabusive parental treatment from the child's perspective.

Abusive and nonabusive parental treatment from the child's perspective.