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PREDICTING DECISION-MAKING IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
University of West Florida
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2011
Abstract
In this study, 388 undergraduate students acting as hypothetical jurors were given vignettes depicting domestic violence. Vignettes were varied by the perpetrator's gender (i.e., male or female) or victim's gender (i.e., male or female). In each vignette, the people involved were of opposite gender. Before reading the vignettes, the participants completed the following scales: Anger Rumination Scale (ARS), Transgression Related Interpersonal Motivations Inventory (TRIM-18), Rumination about an Interpersonal Offense Scale (RIO), and Assessing Emotion Scale (AES). After reading the vignettes, each participant was asked to assign a sentence and treatment recommendation to the perpetrator and complete a Juror Empathy Questionnaire (JEQ). Participants were also asked to complete a manipulation check questionnaire. Hierarchical regression analyses were performed for each of the two dependent variables, sentencing and counseling recommendations, with all predictors being entered as a block. The results revealed that perpetrator gender, empathy, emotional intelligence (EI), and anger rumination play significant roles in jurors' decision-making.
Details
- Title
- PREDICTING DECISION-MAKING IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Identifiers
- 99380090866906600
- Academic Unit
- Psychology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida