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Daniela J Owen1, Richard E Heyman, Amy M Smith Slep
1Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794-2500, USA. Daniela.Owen@stonybrook.edu
Abstract:
The impact of male-to-female intimate partner violence (IPV) research on participants is unknown. A measure of impact was given to participants in an IPV study to assess systematically the impact of completing questionnaires, engaging in conflict conversations, and being interviewed individually about anger escalation and de-escalation during the conversations. Participants completed a six-question, Likert-scaled impact measure. Both male and female participants rated the impact of the study as helpful to them personally and to their relationships. Female participants rated different segments of the study as more helpful to themselves and their relationships, while male participants did not find any segment of the study to have a different impact than other segments.
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