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ERIC Number: EJ551457
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-0025
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Psychological Abuse among College Women in Exclusive Heterosexual Dating Relationship.
Pipes, Randolph B.; LeBov-Keeler, Karen
Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v36 n9-10 p585-603 May 1997
Identifies possible predictors of psychological abuse in nonmarital heterosexual romantic relationships. Responses from 175 undergraduate women reveal 11% claiming psychological abuse as well as more instances of partner behaviors characteristic of psychological abuse. Abused individuals were more likely to have lower self-esteem, had parents' whose relationship involved psychological abuse, and were psychologically abused by either parent. (GR)
Descriptors: Dating (Social), Emotional Abuse, Females, Interpersonal Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Predictor Variables, Self Esteem, Social Science Research, Student Reaction, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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