NCJ Number
223986
Journal
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Dated: 2008 Pages: 55-71
Date Published
2008
Length
17 pages
Annotation
This study examined the impact of negative interpersonal behavior by faculty on female students in Israel.
Abstract
The study found that negative behaviors by faculty were rated by students as less frequent but as more upsetting than those carried out by fellow students. The impact of such behaviors was not affected by the setting in which they occurred. However, students with a strong power motivation perceived negative behaviors by faculty as more upsetting than did students with a weak power motivation. The findings were said to highlight the importance of covert restrictions on the exploitation of the potential power intrinsic in paternalistic relationships. The results show that the weaker party in paternalistic relationships was generally less exposed to aggressive behavior from the dominant figure than from associates whose status was equal. The study examined 221 student evaluations of frequency and impact of negative interpersonal behaviors by academic faculty and other students. The sample consisted of female undergraduate university students in Israel, and used a two times two design for each type of evaluation, frequency, and upsetting. The independent variables were status, faculty member/student, and, setting (public/private), manipulated in a between-subjects design. Most respondents were Israeli-born, single, Jewish, and secular. Tables, figures, and references