Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Date of Award
5-2005
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Wayne Gillespie
Committee Members
Marian H. Whitson
Abstract
This study was undertaken in an attempt to investigate the impact of family, threatened egotism, and reciprocity on a person’s use of intimate violence. Threatened egotism proposes that aggression is the result of high but unstable self-esteem, which is conceptualized as high self-esteem coupled with high narcissism. Self-report questionnaires were administered to randomly selected cluster samples of 423 college students, 147 males and 276 females. The mean age is approximately 22 with 93% indicating they are White and 7% non-White. While no support was found for threatened egotism, violence witnessed in the family of origin and reciprocity were found to significantly impact intimate violence. Analyses conducted separately for males and females indicate that these factors operate differently based on gender.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Holt, Jessica Lynne, "Intimate Violence: The Effects of Family, Threatened Egotism, and Reciprocity." (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 994. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/994
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.