Citation

Browning J, Dutton DG. J. Marriage Fam. 1986; 48(2): 375-379.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, National Council on Family Relations, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

The Straus Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) has been used frequently in past research to assess incidents of assault between spouses. The majority of these studies have relied on CTS scores from only one member of a couple. Szinovacz (1983) corrected this shortcoming by administering the CTS to 103 nonassaultive couples. In the current study the CTS was administered to 30 assaultive couples where the husband was undergoing treatment for wife assault. Differential reporting was found whereby husbands tend to view their marital relationship as mutually violent, while wives view it as husband-violent. Except when weapons were implicated, the husband-wife correlation on specific items of the CTS ranged from +.32 to +.57, indicating considerable disparity in recall for violence. The methodological and clinical implications of these findings are discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1986. Copyright © 1986 by the National Council on Family Relations)

Domestic Violence Victim
Domestic Violence Offender
Domestic Violence Perceptions
Spouse Abuse Offender
Spouse Abuse Victim
Spouse Abuse Perceptions
Adult Female
Adult Male
Adult Offender
Adult Victim
Adult Violence
Adult Perceptions
Male Offender
Male Violence
Male Perceptions
Husband Offender
Wife Victim
Female Perceptions
Female Victim
Victim Perceptions
Offender Perceptions
Violence Against Women
Partner Violence
Self Report Statistics
Domestic Violence Incidence and Prevalence
Spouse Abuse Incidence and Prevalence
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