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

• Main Author: Hunt, Megan Elaine
• Other Authors: Yoder, Kevin A.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 2007
• Subjects: Socioeconomic status; abuse; controlling behaviors; SES; Abused women > Social conditions.; Abused women > Economic conditions.; Control (Psychology); Wife abuse.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5164/

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 study found that the higher the respondent's or their partner's education and income, the less likely they were to report controlling/isolating behaviors. Also, the respondent's education and income had the same number of statistically significant relationships with the controlling behaviors as the partner's education and income.