VALIDITY OF HUSBAND, WIFE, AND CHILD REPORTS OF CONJUGAL VIOLENCE AND POWER - PRELIMINARY

• NCJ Number: 35775
• Author(s): R A BULCRAFT; M A STRAUSS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 18 pages
• Grant Number(s): 13050; 27557
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: University of New Hampshire
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A STUDY OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH ONE CAN OBTAIN VALID DATA ON HUSBAND-WIFE POWER AND VIOLENCE BY INTERVIEW OR QUESTIONNAIRE DATA OBTAINED FROM LATE TEENAGED CHILD WHO RECENTLY LIVED AT HOME.

Abstract

THE SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS USED WERE A DECISION POWER INDEX AND THE PHYSICAL AGGRESSION INDEX FROM A CONFLICT RESOLUTION TECHNIQUE (CRT). THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN TWO SOCIOLOGY COURSES AND THEIR PARENTS, EACH OF WHOM RESPONDED TO THE POWER MEASURE AND TO THE CRT INDEPENDENTLY. A SUBSTANTIAL DEGREE OF AGREEMENT WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE CHILD-REPORT AND THE SELF-REPORT DATA. NEVERTHELESS THERE WAS A CONSISTENT TENDENCY FOR THE STUDENT TO REPORT MORE VIOLENCE BY HUSBANDS THAN THE HUSBANDS THEMSELVES REPORTED AND TO REPORT LESS VIOLENCE BY WIVES THAN THE WIVES THEMSELVES REPORTED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)