Abstract
This study presents a structural model of coping with dating violence. The model integrates abuse frequency and solution attribution to relate to college women's choices of coping strategies. Three hundred and twenty-four undergraduate women reported being targets of some physical abuse from a boyfriend and responded to questions regarding the abuse, their solution attribution, and their coping behaviors. Solution attribution mediated the relation between frequency of the abuse and coping. Abuse frequency had a positive effect on external solution attribution, and external solution attribution had a positive effect on the level of use of active coping, utilization of social support, denial, and acceptance.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 329-343 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Violence and victims |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Coping
- Dating violence
- Physical abuse
- Solution attribution
- Undergraduate women
- Violence frequency
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Health(social science)
- Law