Follingstad D R, Hause E S, Rutledge L L, Polek D S
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina.
Violence Vict. 1992 Summer;7(2):109-28.
Abused women (N = 234) were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to determine whether violence increases during the course of an abusive relationship. Comparisons were made between women with short-term violence and long-term abusive relationships to assess whether strategies used by victims during early incidents affected the duration of the violence. Women out of the relationship were also contrasted with women still in the relationship. The data supported the picture of increasing abuse for 18 months with a relatively stable rate from then on. The number of forms of abuse and the severity of them tended to quickly increase over early events. Women with short-term violence were more likely to make plans following early incidents, typically involving changing the marital situation. Whether experiencing short-term or long-term abuse, battered women perceived their own sanctions on the abusers as responsible for the cessation of the violence. Continued investigation is necessary to replicate these findings and to identify strategies for reducing violence while women are in the relationship.
对234名受虐妇女进行了访谈，使用结构化问卷来确定暴力行为在虐待关系过程中是否会增加。对经历短期暴力和长期虐待关系的妇女进行了比较，以评估受害者在早期事件中所采取的策略是否会影响暴力行为的持续时间。还将脱离关系的妇女与仍处于关系中的妇女进行了对比。数据支持了这样一种情况：虐待行为在18个月内呈上升趋势，此后趋于相对稳定。虐待形式的数量及其严重程度在早期事件中往往迅速增加。经历短期暴力的妇女在早期事件后更有可能制定计划，通常包括改变婚姻状况。无论经历的是短期还是长期虐待，受虐妇女都认为她们对施虐者的制裁是暴力行为停止的原因。有必要继续进行调查以复制这些发现，并确定在妇女仍处于关系中时减少暴力的策略。
