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Brutz, Judith L.; Allen, Craig M. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1986
Religious commitment is found to differentiate levels of both communication and physical violence for both wives and husbands in Quaker families. High levels of peace activism are associated with low levels of marital violence for wives but with high levels for husbands, which suggests that commitment to Quaker principles is confounded with…
Descriptors: Activism, Aggression, Family Violence, Marital Instability
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Pothast, Henry L.; Allen, Craig M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
This study examined masculinity and femininity in adult male (n=75) and female (n=38) perpetrators of child sexual abuse. Results did not support the hypothesis that perpetrators of either sex would be more masculine and less feminine than nonclinical adult groups. Findings suggested a trend opposite the predicted direction. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Criminals, Females, Femininity
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Allen, Craig M.; Pothast, Henry L. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1994
Explores the relationship among gender, gender role identity, emotional need, and sexual need in adult relationships of child sexual abusers and nonabusers. Implications of these and other findings are discussed in terms of theory and practice. (LKS)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Criminals, Emotional Disturbances, Incest