Citation

McNamara JR, Ertl M, Neufeld J. Psychol. Rep. 1998; 83(3): 943-946.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens 45701-2979, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9923172

Abstract

The present study investigated the usefulness of the construct of abuse-related problem-solving in relation to the reported experience of abuse by a partner in both clinical and nonclinical samples of women. Data were collected from a clinical sample of 101 women who were receiving treatment at a domestic violence shelter and from a nonclinical sample of 635 female undergraduates attending a medium-sized university. Analysis indicated that women in both samples who possessed good abuse-related problem-solving ability reported experiencing less abuse from their partners. The usefulness of this construct as well as its limitations were noted.

Language: en