- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Battered women: factors associated with their remaining in battering relationships, 1989
- Creator:
- Bell, Elena Frances
- Date of Original:
- 1989-04-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The overall objective of this study was to determine some of the factors associated with women remaining in a battering relationship. To obtain this objective, the following factors were addressed by the researcher: (a) learned helplessness, (b) economic and physical security, (c) fear, (d) family upbringing, and (e) anticipated change of behavior. A correlational research design was used for this study. A self administered questionnaire was given to women in Wings Shelter and Outreach Program located in Southern California. The results showed that there was a relationship between the variables and women remaining in battering relationship. The three prominent factors were fear, family upbringing, and helplessness.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1989_bell_elena_frances
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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