McDonough Tracy A
Department of Psychology, College of Mount St. Joseph Cincinnati, OH 45233, USA.
Violence Vict. 2010;25(2):165-84. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.2.165.
Based on theories of social exchange and cognitive decision-making, the current research was an initial attempt to analyze battered and nonbattered women's decision-making processes using a policy capturing methodology. Participants included 28 battered and 30 nonbattered women who responded to several questionnaires and vignettes about violent relationships. Overall, both groups of women reported they would be unlikely to stay in the described relationships. Further, the cue of violence intensity was overwhelmingly the most heavily weighted variable for women in both samples, and a comparison of subjective reports and objective policies found that both groups lacked insight into which variables they were weighing when deciding to stay. Results suggest that when making the intellectual decision to stay in an abusive relationship, battered and nonbattered women respond similarly.
基于社会交换理论和认知决策理论，当前的研究首次尝试采用政策捕捉方法来分析受虐妇女和未受虐妇女的决策过程。研究参与者包括28名受虐妇女和30名未受虐妇女，她们回答了几份关于暴力关系的问卷和短文。总体而言，两组女性都表示不太可能维持所描述的关系。此外，在两个样本中，暴力强度线索都是女性最看重的变量，主观报告与客观政策的比较发现，两组女性在决定是否维持关系时，都不清楚自己权衡了哪些变量。结果表明，在做出维持虐待关系的理智决定时，受虐妇女和未受虐妇女的反应相似。
