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A Study Of Women's Compliance-Gaining Behaviors In Violent And Non-Violent Relationships, Jill E. Rudd, Patricia A. Burant Oct 1995

A Study Of Women's Compliance-Gaining Behaviors In Violent And Non-Violent Relationships, Jill E. Rudd, Patricia A. Burant

Communication Faculty Publications

Recent research by communication scholars has investigated the dynamics of abusive spousal relationships (Chandler, 1986; Infante, Chandler, & Rudd, 1989; Infante, Chandler-Sabourin, Rudd, & Shannon, 1990; Rancer & Niemasz, 1988; Rudd, Burant, & Beatty, 1994; Sabourin, Infante, & Rudd, 1993). Infante and his colleagues have suggested that those involved in violent relationships communicate differently with their partners than those involved in nonviolent relationships. Based on this prior research, it seems important for communication scholars to further investigate the communication behaviors of individuals involved in violent relationships. This current study seeks to advance the family violence research by comparing the types …


Test Of An Argumentative Skill Deficiency Model Of Interspousal Violence, Dominic A. Infante, Theresa A. Chandler, Jill E. Rudd Jun 1989

Test Of An Argumentative Skill Deficiency Model Of Interspousal Violence, Dominic A. Infante, Theresa A. Chandler, Jill E. Rudd

Communication Faculty Publications

Presents a study that examined a model of communication and interpersonal physical violence among married people. Relation between communication and violence; Review of related literature on interspousal violence; Application of the model on abused wives and abused husbands.