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Socioeconomic variables associated with the reports of controlling behaviors in current relationships among abused and non-abused females.

This study examined the relationship between reports of controlling behaviors and education/income in a sample of 297 abused women and 2951 non-abused women in married or cohabitating relationships. This study confirmed that women who reported abuse were more likely to report all five of the controlling behaviors than women who did not report abuse. However, the abuse and non-abuse samples did show similar relationships between the controlling/isolating behaviors and the SES variables. This stu… more

Date: December 2007

Creator: Hunt, Megan Elaine

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Effects of Partner Violence and Psychological Abuse on Women's Mental Health Over Time.

This study examined the distinct effects of partner violence and psychological abuse on women's mental health over time. Latent growth modeling was used to examine stability and change over time, evaluating the course and consequences of each form of abuse. The size of women's social support network was examined as a mediator. The sample consisted of 835 African American, Euro-American, and Mexican American low-income women. Participants who completed Waves 1, 2, 3, and 5 were included in the s… more

Date: August 2006

Creator: Temple, Jeff R.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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[News Clip: Dedra Jones Shares her Journey of Resilience and Redemption at Genesis Women Shelter]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: May 2006

Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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Predicting termination and continuation status in shelter programs using the Transtheoretical Model with Hispanic battered women.

This study tested the applicability of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change in predicting early termination, appropriate termination, and ongoing treatment of Hispanic battered women residing at domestic violence shelters. Self-efficacy, decisional balance, and acculturation were examined in relation to the applicability of this model with the Hispanic women population. One hundred and eight women residing in two shelters for survivors of domestic violence, located in the Dallas/Fort W… more

Date: August 2003

Creator: Weisz, Adriana V.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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The Affect of Coping on the Physical and Mental Health of Abused Women

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the role of coping on the physical and mental health symptoms of women in abusive relationships. It is hypothesized that sustained partner abuse will be associated with mental and physical health symptoms and that coping will mediate these effects. Psychological abuse was found to have the strongest impact on women's physical and mental health.

Date: Spring 2003

Creator: Chase, Amanda L.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Honors College

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Extension of the Behavioral Model of Healthcare Utilization with Ethnically Diverse, Low-Income Women

Article on the extension of the behavioral model of healthcare utilization with ethnically diverse, low-income women.

Date: February 2002

Creator: Keenan, Lisa A.; Marshall, Linda L. & Eve, Susan Brown

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences

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The mediating and moderating effects of women's attachment style on interrelationships among emotional abuse, physical aggression and relational stability.

This purpose of this study was to combine two bodies of literature on relationships, attachment and violence. Given the impact of men's physical aggression and emotional abuse on women, it is likely that these behaviors would also affect attachment. A model proposing that women's attachment style mediated and moderated the relationship between partners' physical and emotional abuse and the stability of women's relationships was tested. Archival data were used from two waves of interviews with a… more

Date: December 2001

Creator: Weston, Rebecca

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Violence and depression among ethnically diverse, low income women: Mediating and moderating factors

This longitudinal study examined factors influencing the relationship between sustained partner violence and depression/suicidality among ethnically diverse, low income, community women. The sample at Wave 1 consisted of 303 African American, 273 Euro-American, and 260 Mexican American women in long term relationships with a household income less that twice the poverty threshold. There were no ethnic differences on frequency of partner violence, depression, or suicidality. The moderate relation… more

Date: August 2000

Creator: VanHorn, Barbara

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Alcohol Use, Violence, and Psychological Abuse in Intimate Relationships

Women in distressed relationships who had sustained severe psychological abuse and either no, moderate, or severe violence from their partner were included (N = 93). Men's and women's alcohol use did not differ with level of violence. Different patterns were found in the moderate violence group regarding women's beliefs about their partner's substance problem, men's psychological abuse, and the relationship of men's and women's quantity of alcohol use and times intoxicated. Uncertainty resultin… more

Date: August 1998

Creator: Falla, Karen M.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Patterns of Relationship Violence among Low Income Women and Severely Psychologically Abused Women

Little research has addressed the degree to which domestic violence is mutual and whether patterns are stable across women's relationships. Studies that exist have conflicting results. This study addressed these issues and the effects of sustaining past violence on women's expressions of violence in their current relationship. Archival data from a sample of severely psychologically abused community women (N = 92) and a sample of low-income community women (N = 836) were analyzed. Results showed… more

Date: August 1998

Creator: Weston, Rebecca

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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The Relationship of Subtle and Overt Psychological Abuse to Women's Self-Concept and Psychological Symptoms

Research has documented an association between sustained overt psychological abuse and women's self-concept and psychological distress. However, the focus on overt domination and control limits our understanding of its impact and is a weakness addressed in this study. Women in distressed relationships who had sustained severe psychological abuse from a partner and either no, moderate, or serious violence met inclusion criteria.

Date: August 1997

Creator: McKibbin, Christine L.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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[News Clip: Abuse]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: December 23, 1996, 6:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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Organizational Perceptions of Women's Vulnerability to Violence in the Wake of Disaster

Women as a group hold little power in the social system which increases women's vulnerability to domestic violence. According to Merton (1970), social problems may be revealed through the disaster recovery process. A coraHunity1s organizational response to social problems such as wife abuse depends upon organizational members' perceptions. The data suggest that organizational perceptions of domestic violence largely depend upon the setting or environment in which an organization exists and oper… more

Date: August 1995

Creator: Wilson, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lyn)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Traditionalism and the Abused

Battered women's perceptions of gender roles within the family were studied. Twenty white, working-class women who were victims of domestic violence were interviewed. It was determined that battered women have very traditional views of gender roles in the family and these views affected the choices that they made within their relationships and their ability to escape these abusive relationships.

Date: May 1995

Creator: Neal, Suzanne P.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries