Title

Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills In Battered, Counseling, And Control Women

Keywords

anxiety; battered women; depression; problem-solving skills

Abstract

The present study was designed to examine the interpersonal problem-solving skills of battered women, while controlling for the effects of depression and anxiety. Battered, Counseling, and Control women were administered an interpersonal problem-solving inventory and asked to generate as many behavioral options as possible for each problem and then to select the one option they would chose to use in the given situation. All options were rated for effectiveness by two "blind" raters. Subjects were also administered the BETA intelligence test, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form-Y. Analysis of variance found no significant differences between the groups for intelligence, but the Counseling women were significantly more depressed and anxious than the Battered or Control women. Analysis of covariance (using BDI and STAI scores as covariates) found that Battered women: (1) generated fewer total options, (2) generated fewer effective options, and (3) chose fewer effective options for use in the situation than both Counseling and Control women. These findings provide indirect support for a general problem-solving skills deficit in battered women and reinforce the importance of problem-solving skills training for battered women. © 1987 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

Publication Date

6-1-1987

Publication Title

Journal of Family Violence

Volume

2

Issue

2

Number of Pages

151-162

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00977039

Socpus ID

0009926959 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0009926959

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