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The Relationship of Receiving Violence and Perceptions of Self and Partner

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether there are any differences between college students 1) who have received violence 2) who have received threats of physical violence, and 3) who have not received threats or physical violence from their partners. The study examined ways in which these three groups describe their own and their partners' self-esteem and personality. Significant findings indicate that perceptions of one's self esteem and partner's self esteem are affected by the level of violence received. Surprisingly, those who received threats of violence, for both perceptions of self and partners, had the lowest self esteem. No significant relationship was found between vilence and perceptions of personality. Additional findings suggest that those in violent relationships have lower relationship satisfaction that those who receive threats or no violence at all.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc935603
Date08 1900
CreatorsQuest, Kathryn
ContributorsBurke, Angela, Marshall, Linda L., Terrell, Francis
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 67 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Quest, Kathryn., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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