Publication Date
1990
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
First Advisor
Milner, Joel S.
Degree Name
M.A. (Master of Arts)
Legacy Department
Department of Psychology
LCSH
Child abuse
Abstract
Subjects at risk for physical child abuse (n = 28) and not at risk for abuse (n = 28) were presented positive and negative vignettes concerning their own or someone else's child. In addition the vignettes were either mitigating or not mitigating. Dependent variables were internal/external, stable/unstable/, global/specific, and intentional/unintentional attributions. Subjects were also measured on an affective measure: pleasing/annoying. Compared to not at risk subjects, subjects at risk for physical child abuse were shown to experience less attributional change as a result of mitigating information being provided in the vignettes. This effect ocurred regardless of whether the vignettes were positive or negative, or about their own or someone else's child.
Recommended Citation
Foody, Raymond, "Child abuse potential, attributions of intent, stable/unstable, global/specific, and internal/external locus of control, and the effects of mitigating information" (1990). Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations. 1778.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-thesesdissertations/1778
Extent
viii, 233 pages
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Rights Statement 2
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Media Type
Text
Comments
Includes bibliographical references (pages [118]-129)