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The Need For Control In Interpersonal Relationships And Courtship Violence., Marcella Horn Dunaway
The Need For Control In Interpersonal Relationships And Courtship Violence., Marcella Horn Dunaway
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This study explored an individual's need for control and the level of violence within a dating relationship.
This was a self-report study. Subjects consisted of 175 students from a university in the southern Appalachian region of the U.S. Questionnaires were combined with a scenario depicting violent behavior. Subjects were asked to rate their level of control on the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Inventory (FIRO-B), to complete the Conflict Tactics Scale - revised (CTS-2), and to rate the acceptability of the scenario. Data were analyzed using an ANOVA.
Results did not support the main hypothesis. No relationship was found between control and …