PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE: VIOLATION, HARASSMENT, BATTERING

心理虐待：侵犯、骚扰、殴打

• 批准号: 3475012
• 负责人: LINDA L MARSHALL
• 金额: $ 5.96万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-09-01 至 1991-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3475012
• 关键词: aggression; conflict; coping; family structure /dynamics; female; human subject; interpersonal relations; interview; self concept; social perception; spouse abuse; type A /type B personality

Researchers and counselors suggest that effects of psychological abuse may be more debilitating and longlasting to women than physical abuse. While psychological abuse may precede and accompany physical violence, empirical evidence is virtually nonexistent. As presently defined, abuse occurs when a male partner expresses behaviors, attitudes and beliefs that damage a female's self-concept, restrict her self-determination, keep her in a harmful relationship or decrease her ability to function. The theoretical under-pinnings suggest that abuse can occur during ordinary interaction between partners. Effects and processes may escalate, becoming more overtly abusive and damaging. Specifically, the research proposes to describe psychological abuse empirically, distinguishing and defining three levels: violation (common), harassment (more serious, less common) and battering (systematic, severe). Surveys will be sent to counselors (N = 600) and physical abuse specialists to obtain their views on the three levels of abuse referring to those in functional, dysfunctional and physically abusive relationships. The responses will be incorporated into an interview protocol. Participants will be recruited through, e.g., newspapers. Women (N = 160) self- identified as psychologically or physically abused will be paid to complete several questionnaires and an in-depth interview. Questions will probe perceptions, feelings and descriptions of common and uncommon events in their partnerships which made them feel good and bad about themselves, their relationship and partner. Transitory and longlasting effects will be examined as will ways in which her partner expresses jealousy, anger, love, etc. Other measures (e.g., self-concept) will be included. This phase allows assessment of differences between psychological and physical abuse. Phases 3 and 4 are longitudinal to assess possible tansitory aspects or escalation effects. Two interviews a year apart will be conducted with women (N = 300) screened so that equal numbers will represent three levels of marital adjustment with no evidence of physical abuse. Two groups will be composed of self-identified psychologically and physically abused women. Including five functional and dysfunctional groups allows appropriate comparisons for each proposed level of psychological abuse. Finally, observations will be conducted using student couples to test hypotheses derived during the project. These data allow comparisons between forms of abuse in different types of relationships and within groups change over time. The research will generate operational definitions of violation, harassment and battering and a model of psychological abuse.

研究人员和咨询师认为，心理上的影响 虐待对女性来说可能更令人虚弱和持久 身体虐待。虽然心理虐待可能先于 伴随着身体暴力，经验证据几乎是 根本不存在。按照目前的定义，虐待发生在男性 伴侣表达伤害他人的行为、态度和信念 女性的自我概念，限制了她的自主性，让她 一段有害的关系或降低她的运作能力。这个 理论上的不足表明，虐待可能发生在 合作伙伴之间的普通互动。影响和过程可能 升级，变得更加公开地辱骂和破坏。 具体地说，这项研究建议描述心理 经验性的虐待，区分和定义了三个层次： 违规(常见)、骚扰(更严重、不太常见)和 重创(系统的、严重的)。调查问卷将发送给辅导员 (n=600)和身体虐待专家收集他们对 滥用的三个级别指的是功能性、 不正常的和身体虐待的关系。回应： 将被纳入面试协议。参与者将 例如，通过报纸招募。女性(N=160)自我 被确认为心理或身体虐待的人将被支付 完成几份调查问卷和一次深度访谈。 问题将探讨对以下问题的看法、感受和描述 他们的伙伴关系中常见和不寻常的事件使 他们对自己、他们的关系和 搭档。暂时性和长期性的影响将被检验为 她的伴侣表达嫉妒，愤怒，爱， 其他措施(例如，自我概念)将被包括在内。这 阶段允许评估心理和心理之间的差异 身体虐待。阶段3和阶段4是纵向的，以评估可能的 暂时的方面或升级的影响。一年两次采访 将对女性(N=300)进行筛查，以便 相同的数字将代表婚姻调整的三个水平 没有身体虐待的证据。将由两个小组组成 自认在心理和身体上受到虐待的女性。 包括五个功能和功能失调的基团 对每个建议的心理水平进行适当的比较 虐待。最后，将使用学生进行观察 结对测试项目期间得出的假设。这些数据 允许比较不同类型的虐待形式 人际关系和团队内的关系会随着时间的推移而变化。这项研究 将生成对违规、骚扰和 殴打和心理虐待的典范。