Family Violence Exam 1 solved 100%
Spillover Effect -Correct Answer-= the more frequently we allow "legitimate" violence, the more likely "illegitimate" violence will occur
Family Violence -Correct Answer-Acts of omission or commission resulting in abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, neglect) that hampers their healthy development
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): -Correct Answer-Violence between married or dating partners
Corporal Punishment -Correct Answer-Using physical punishment as retribution (ex: spanking)
Types of Neglect -Correct Answer--Healthcare
-Hygenic
-Fostering Delinquency
-Prenatal
Social-Structural Variables -Correct Answer-Macro theory - Links fam violence to certain social factors: Gender, SES, Minority Status
Stress on unequal opportunity -> increases personal frustration -> increases risk of aggression
Do NOT recognize: most families w/these factors aren't violent
Deterrence Theory -Correct Answer-Macro Theory - Recognized human nature to conform; more likely to
conform if the stakes are higher (ex: employed vs. unemployed)
Does NOT recognize: punishing is not always effective in reducing violence
Microtheories -Correct Answer-(less broad) Identify factors which explain violence on an individual level Dyadic Stress Theory -Correct Answer-Micro theory - both partners preserve relationship balance
Mandatory Reporting -Correct Answer-Who: Social workers, school personel, health care professionals, counselors, child care providers, medical examiners, law enforcement officers
What: Prevention legislation, helps those who can't/won't help themselves
Research Problems -Correct Answer-- Lack of understanding ethical problems
- Inadequate data
- Underdeveloped theories
Discovery of Family Violence -Correct Answer-1. Increased media and academic coverage
2. Claim makers began defining various forms of IV as social problems
3. Social constructivism moves family violence from a social conditon to a social problem
Frequency and duration -Correct Answer-Defines the severity of child abuse
Conflict Tactic Scale (CTS) -Correct Answer-Invented by Murray Strauss in 1979
measures reasoning, argument, verbal and symbolic aggression, and physical aggression
Most widely used measure of FV
Problems: doesn't measure antecedents and consequences; doesn't measure male IPV as well as female IPV
Problems with spanking as punishment -Correct Answer-- Legitimate vs. illegitimate violence
Spillover Effect -Correct Answer-= the more frequently we allow "legitimate" violence, the more likely "illegitimate" violence will occur
Family Violence -Correct Answer-Acts of omission or commission resulting in abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, neglect) that hampers their healthy development
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): -Correct Answer-Violence between married or dating partners
Corporal Punishment -Correct Answer-Using physical punishment as retribution (ex: spanking)
Types of Neglect -Correct Answer--Healthcare
-Hygenic
-Fostering Delinquency
-Prenatal
Social-Structural Variables -Correct Answer-Macro theory - Links fam violence to certain social factors: Gender, SES, Minority Status
Stress on unequal opportunity -> increases personal frustration -> increases risk of aggression
Do NOT recognize: most families w/these factors aren't violent
Deterrence Theory -Correct Answer-Macro Theory - Recognized human nature to conform; more likely to
conform if the stakes are higher (ex: employed vs. unemployed)
Does NOT recognize: punishing is not always effective in reducing violence
Microtheories -Correct Answer-(less broad) Identify factors which explain violence on an individual level Dyadic Stress Theory -Correct Answer-Micro theory - both partners preserve relationship balance
Mandatory Reporting -Correct Answer-Who: Social workers, school personel, health care professionals, counselors, child care providers, medical examiners, law enforcement officers
What: Prevention legislation, helps those who can't/won't help themselves
Research Problems -Correct Answer-- Lack of understanding ethical problems
- Inadequate data
- Underdeveloped theories
Discovery of Family Violence -Correct Answer-1. Increased media and academic coverage
2. Claim makers began defining various forms of IV as social problems
3. Social constructivism moves family violence from a social conditon to a social problem
Frequency and duration -Correct Answer-Defines the severity of child abuse
Conflict Tactic Scale (CTS) -Correct Answer-Invented by Murray Strauss in 1979
measures reasoning, argument, verbal and symbolic aggression, and physical aggression
Most widely used measure of FV
Problems: doesn't measure antecedents and consequences; doesn't measure male IPV as well as female IPV
Problems with spanking as punishment -Correct Answer-- Legitimate vs. illegitimate violence
