Should I Stay or Should I Go? Cognitive and Relationship Factors Associated with the Likelihood of Relationship Dissolution among Couples Experiencing Mild to Moderate Physical and Psychological Common Couple Violence

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dc.contributor.advisorEpstein, Norman Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorCurtis, David Stuarten_US
dc.contributor.departmentFamily Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-29T05:42:00Z
dc.date.available2013-06-29T05:42:00Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractThere has been insufficient attention given to mild to moderate bi-directional intimate partner violence in the literature. Using a secondary dataset in which strict exclusion criteria decreased the likelihood of cases of partner battering being included, this study investigated the association between mild to moderate intimate psychological and physical aggression and steps taken by the recipient to leave an intimate relationship among a sample of 251 couples who sought therapy at a University-based clinic. Based on the relative costs and benefits model, the degree to which relationship satisfaction mediated the association between aggression received and steps taken to leave was tested. The moderating effects of social support from friends and attributions blaming the partner for relationship problems also were investigated. Findings indicated that psychological aggression was a particularly significant predictor of steps being taken to leave by the recipient, and that relationship satisfaction mediated this association, especially for males.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14183
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAttributionsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledIntimate Partner Violenceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPartner Aggressionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRelationship Dissolutionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRelationship Satisfactionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSocial Supporten_US
dc.titleShould I Stay or Should I Go? Cognitive and Relationship Factors Associated with the Likelihood of Relationship Dissolution among Couples Experiencing Mild to Moderate Physical and Psychological Common Couple Violenceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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