Dissertation
Battered women's evaluations of their intimate partners as a possible mediating factor between abuse and self-concept
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
05/2009
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005675
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not battered women's evaluations of their intimate partners mediate the relationship between the abuse they experience and their self-concept. A convenience sample of 196 heterosexual women was recruited from seven shelters for abused women in` the states of Wisconsin, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, California, and Oklahoma. Participants completed anonymously scales assessing four specific forms of abuse and two different levels of partner evaluations and self-concept. An integration of the Pearson and standard multiple regression analyses revealed a significant and inverse relationship between physical threats and global self-esteem as well as a significant and positive association between domain-specific appraisals of intimate partners and domain-specific self-conceptions. Results also indicate: (a) that battered women suffer poor selfconcept, (b) that physical and psychological abuse co-occur frequently, and (c) that different forms of abuse are differentially related to battered women's self-concept. The investigation as a whole provides empirical evidence against theoretical postulates about battered women's idealization of their abusive partners and against the hypothesized mediating role of partner evaluations in the association between intimate partner aggression and women's self-concept. The overall findings imply ongoing changes in a battered woman's internal state as she goes through different developmental stages in her process of breaking away from the cycle of intimate partner aggression.
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- Title
- Battered women's evaluations of their intimate partners as a possible mediating factor between abuse and self-concept
- Creators
- Isabella Hsiu-Chen Lin-Roark
- Contributors
- Laurie D. McCubbin (Chair)Tina M. Anctil (Committee Member)Austin T Church (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Department of Educational Leadership, Sport Studies, and Educational/Counseling Psychology
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- College of Education
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 139
- Identifiers
- 99901054739401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation