Holtzworth-Munroe A, Anglin K
Indiana University, Department of Psychology, Bloomington 47405.
Violence Vict. 1991 Winter;6(4):257-69.
The present study was designed to examine the social skills of maritally violent men by comparing the responses offered by violent and nonviolent men to potential marital conflicts. Problematic marital situation vignettes were presented to three subject groups: 22 maritally violent husbands, 17 nonviolent and maritally distressed husbands, and 17 nonviolent and nondistressed husbands. Subjects were asked what they would do or say in each of the situations; their responses were coded for level of competency. Violent men offered responses which were less competent than those offered by nonviolent comparison subjects in certain types of marital situations (i.e., situations involving rejection from the wife, jealousy, and challenges from the wife); the responses offered by violent and nonviolent men did not differ significantly in other types of situations (i.e., situations involving the wife's wanting something from the husband or the wife's teasing the husband). Subjects were also asked what would be the best thing to do in response to a subset of the problematic marital situations; responses were coded for level of competency. In response to this question, violent men offered less competent responses than those offered by either comparison group, suggesting that violent men have difficulty generating competent responses. The theoretical implications of these data are discussed.
本研究旨在通过比较暴力男性和非暴力男性对潜在婚姻冲突的反应，来考察婚姻暴力男性的社交技能。向三个受试组呈现了有问题的婚姻状况 vignettes：22 名婚姻暴力丈夫、17 名非暴力且婚姻困扰的丈夫以及 17 名非暴力且无婚姻困扰的丈夫。要求受试者说出他们在每种情况下会做什么或说什么；对他们的反应按照能力水平进行编码。在某些类型的婚姻状况（即涉及妻子拒绝、嫉妒和妻子挑战的情况）中，暴力男性给出的反应不如非暴力对照组受试者给出的反应有能力；在其他类型的情况（即涉及妻子向丈夫索要某物或妻子逗弄丈夫的情况）中，暴力男性和非暴力男性给出的反应没有显著差异。还要求受试者说出应对一部分有问题的婚姻状况的最佳做法是什么；对反应按照能力水平进行编码。针对这个问题，暴力男性给出的反应不如任何一个对照组给出的反应有能力，这表明暴力男性难以给出有能力的反应。讨论了这些数据的理论意义。
