Psychosocial factors related to wife abuse
Journal of Family ViolencePublished 1 March 1987
Bonnie Yegidis Lewis
Citations29
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This paper reports the results of a comparative study of wife abuse. Factors that distinguished 94 physically abused women from a comparison group of 110 women were sought. The groups were matched on number of years married or cohabiting and socioeconomic status. Evidence was found that further supports a learning theory explanation of wife abuse. The study also found that wife abuse is no more likely to be displayed by blacks than by whites when the variable of social class is controlled.
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