A comparative study of the nature and extent of spouse abuse (as reflected by several measures) among black and white couples was conducted in order to compare the nature and extent of spousal violence between black and white couples across different social classes. The sample included 312 women, approximately equal in terms of racial and social class backgrounds, who were residing with their partners during this investigation. / The results showed significant differences between the proportion of black and white women who reported problems with physical and nonphysical abuse (ISA-P and ISA-NP) but there were no significant differences between the proportion of black and white women who reported husband to wife violence (HWV), short-ranged abuse (LSAS), long-ranged abuse (LLAS) and marital discord (IMS). A significantly larger proportion of lower class women than upper and middle class women reported spousal violence (as reflected by each measure), but the abused upper and middle class women reported more incidents of spousal violence. No significant differences were found in the proportion of spouse abuse and marital discord reported between the racial groups across social class levels. / The effects of race, social class and violence in the family of origin, over and above the effects of other variables, were examined for each measure of spouse abuse and marital satisfaction through Analysis of Covariance. After adjusting for the effects of the background variables, race had a significant effect on the ISA-P and ISA-NP scores, whereas social class did not have a significant effect on any of the measures after adjusting for race and the background variables. Violence in the family of origin had a significant effect on the IMS, HWV, ISA-P and ISA-NP scores after adjusting for the effects of the other variables in the analysis. The interaction between race, social class and violence in the family of origin had a significant effect on the HWV scores, after adjusting for the effects of the other variables in the analyses. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-07, Section: A, page: 2280. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75350 |
| Contributors | LOCKHART, LETTIE LOUVENNIA., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 310 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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