NCJ Number
35775
Date Published
1975
Length
18 pages
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)