Deck 9: Abusive Heterosexual Partners: Primarily Males

Question 1

Which is FALSE about the case history of Ari and Bernadette?

A) Ari thought Bernadette provoked him into hitting her.
B) Ari called the paramedics when he saw he hurt Bernadette.
C) Both Ari and Bernadette had several drinks before dinner.
D) Ari minimized the incident as inconsequential.

Answer 1

Ari called the paramedics when he saw he hurt Bernadette.

Question 2

The second stage in Lenore Walker's "Cycle of Violence" theory is called the:

A) Tension-building phase.
B) Honeymoon (loving respite) phase.
C) Acute (battering) phase.
D) Steady-state phase.

Answer 2

Acute (battering) phase.

Question 3

Research reveals that psychological abuse is:

A) More common in FMIPV than MFIPV.
B) The most common form of partner abuse.
C) Not recognized as a form of intimate partner violence.
D) Less damaging than physical aggression.

Answer 3

The most common form of partner abuse.

Question 4

Contrary to what might be expected, Umberson et al. (1998) found that:

A) MFIPV does not enhance a man's feelings of dominant attachment.
B) MFIPV does not enhance perpetrators' sense of control.
C) a sense of powerlessness is more likely than MGRS to trigger MFIPV.
D) need for power and dominance is gender-equal in IPV couples.

Question 5

Despite concerted efforts in the field of family violence:

A) It is clear that most advocate-scholars will not acknowledge FMIPV.
B) Specialists will probably never understand MFIPV because it is multidimensional.
C) Understanding of MFIPV is advancing so quickly that legislators cannot keep up.
D) Scholars and practitioners have not arrived at a consensus about defining MFIPV.

Question 6

Batterers most often explain their violence by blaming:

A) alcohol or drug abuse.
B) Their female partner.
C) Their childhoods.
D) Their job problems.

Question 7

Maritally violent men find it difficult to:

A) Fully express their anger and hostility.
B) Experience real jealousy in response to their wife's behavior.
C) Develop intimate relationships based on mutuality.
D) Think about matters such as their wife's housekeeping.

Question 8

In the debate over whether women commit as much IPV as men, the best solution may be to:

A) Focus 100% on male violence because it is so injurious.
B) Focus on both male and female violence to an equal degree.
C) Recognize that IPV is not gender symmetrical.
D) Ask the public to vote on which gender to help most.

Question 9

In the Barnett and Hamberger (1992) study using the California Personality Inventory, batterers differed significantly from nonmaritally violent men in all of the following general areas EXCEPT:

A) Intimacy.
B) Impulsivity.
C) Problem-solving skills.
D) Sports interests.

Question 10

Batterers are probably unlikely to cope with their own abusive behaviors through the psychological defense mechanism of:

A) Denial.
B) Regression.
C) Minimization.
D) Externalization of blame.

Question 11

Which statement is TRUE?

A) A tried and true method for getting rid of anger is "letting off steam" (catharsis).
B) Gender differences in anger expressions are most often minimal.
C) Barnett et al. (1991) failed to find greater anger in MFIPV men relative to non-MFIVP men.
D) It is OK for MFIPV men to be angry sometimes because it is normal.

Question 12

Investigations of anger in MFIPV men:

A) Show that MFIPV men are more likely to hide their anger than express it.
B) Show fairly consistently that batterers are angrier than non-MFIPV men
C) Show that it is more effective to conceptualize anger as a trait rather than a state.
D) Indicate anger is usually the result rather than the precursor to violence.

Question 13

Almost without exception, surveys have found that MFIPV men:

A) Receive the same type of socialization that non-MFIPV men receive.
B) Blame society more than their wives for their negative feelings.
C) Are substantially more depressed than non-MFIPV men.
D) Frequently express pathological suicidal intentionality.

Question 14

Boney-McCoy et al.'s (1999) meta-analysis of low self-esteem scores:

A) Showed that perpetrator/victim post treatment esteem scores were congruent.
B) Demonstrated a link between the esteem levels of both MFIPV and FMIPV partners.
C) Indicated that low self-esteem lesbians had low self-esteem partners.
D) Revealed an association between low self-esteem and MFIPV.

Question 15

D. Dutton's (1995) theory of intimate rage did NOT include which of the following?

A) Parental alcoholism.
B) Insecure attachment.
C) Direct childhood abuse.
D) Shaming

Question 16

D. Dutton et al. (1995) associated parent-to-child shaming and guilt inducement with:

A) Beliefs that sexual feelings were unacceptable.
B) Chronic adult anger, trauma, and IPV.
C) Cohabitation with same-sex partners.
D) Multiple marriages and divorces.

Question 17

Some researchers have suggested that shame in adult batterers is linked with:

A) Strong affectivity and self-control.
B) Dissociative rage and emotional independence.
C) A head injury or neurological disorder.
D) Anxious attachment during childhood.

Question 18

Studies of empathy and aggression postulated that:

A) Empathy is highly and negatively related to childhood experiences of shame.
B) Perspective taking has practically no affect on aggression expression.
C) Empathic responses might inhibit aggression.
D) Empathy is negatively linked with competence.

Question 19

Research on attachment suggests that MFIPV men, compared with non-MFIPV men are likely to:

A) Feel securely attached only to their romantic partners.
B) Suffer from preoccupied, fearful, or disorganized attachment.
C) Have few concerns about abandonment by a partner.
D) Are too emotionally independent from a romantic partner.

Question 20

Which statement is TRUE about the role of jealousy among IPV abusers?

A) Jealousy and trust may be related to attachment disorders and dependency needs.
B) Jealousy is less related to attachment disorders than with high power needs.
C) Anecdotal reports suggest that low levels of jealousy usually occur in MFIPV men
D) MFIPV men are more jealous than lesbian batterers are.

Question 21

The first group of individuals to provide information about the behaviors of batterers was:

A) Social workers.
B) Police officers.
C) Battered women.
D) Medical doctors.

Question 22

Harsh treatment in childhood may:

A) Be unrelated to adult criminal behavior.
B) Be the precursor to poor athletic skill development in boys.
C) Lead to development of antisocial personality orientation.
D) Be the major cause of psychopathology in the U.S.

Question 23

All of the following childhood socialization factors were mentioned as possible precursor to MFIPV EXCEPT:

A) Anxious attachment.
B) Parental preoccupation.
C) Harsh treatment.
D) Parent-to-child shaming.
E) Exposure to interparental violence.

Question 24

Exposure to interparental violence, direct physical abuse, or sexual violence during childhood:

A) Affects women and men similarly.
B) Sporadically impacts adults.
C) Rarely occurs in faith communities.
D) Is associated with later aggression.

Question 25

Simoneti et al. (2000) linked childhood trauma with:

A) Dissociative (nonaware) experiences.
B) Nonspecific family dependency.
C) Feminine personality traits.
D) Mother's low socioeconomic status.

Question 26

An almost universal finding is that MFIPV is associated with:

A) Physical traumas occurring in adolescence.
B) High socioeconomic status.
C) Childhood neglect and poverty.
D) Exposure to violence during childhood.

Question 27

Ehrensaft et al. (2006) found all of the following to be risk factors for MFIPV perpetration EXCEPT:

A) Personality disorder
B) Usage of defense mechanisms
C) Exposure to interparental violence
D) Childhood trauma

Question 28

Empirical studies of male socialization show that:

A) Most attitudes discriminating between violent and nonviolent men are genetic.
B) MFIPV males tend to be both masculine and feminine in sex-role orientation on the BEM scale.
C) Attitude scales seem unable to detect some differences between MFIPV and non-MFIPV men.
D) Non-MFIPV males show more withdrawal from women who get raped than MFIPV men.

Question 29

Several studies have indicated that:

A) Men who approve of aggression are prone to commit MFIPV.
B) Men holding sexist attitudes are no more likely to commit MFIPV than other men.
C) Pro-abuse attitudes are related to anger and hostility but not MFIPV.
D) Sexist attitudes are common in female FMIPV perpetrators.

Question 30

Which relationship factor is LEAST likely to be a true antecedent of MFIPV?

A) Sex-role orientation.
B) Poor communication.
C) Attachment and emotional dependency.
D) Power and control needs.

Question 31

Which verbal/communication problem was NOT mentioned in the text as typical of batterers?

A) Assertion deficits
B) Poor problem solving abilities
C) Inadequate vocabulary
D) Misperception of communication

Question 32

Which statement about stress and battering is TRUE?

A) Stress is unrelated to MFIPV.
B) The Barnett et al. (1991) study indicated that of 14 stresses, number one was racial discrimination.
C) Both perpetrators and victims of IPV suffer from a high level of debilitating stress that affects cognitions, emotions, and physiology.
D) Anger over "nosey neighbors" is a major cause of marital stress in adult MFIPV men.

Question 33

Which statement is TRUE?

A) Need for power themes are similarly high for both MFIPV and non-MFIPV men.
B) Anger scores are actually higher for FMIPV women than for MFIPV men.
C) Wives of MFIPV men report that their partners have moderate amounts of jealousy.
D) Stress from negative life events is significantly associated with male IPV.

Question 34

Which is NOT a stress-eliciting trait identified on the Masculine Gender-Role Stress test?

A) Physical inadequacy
B) Inability to nurture
C) Intellectual inferiority
D) Performance failure

Question 35

Which of the following are most likely to be biological components of male violence?

A) Late sexual development and short stature.
B) Male hormones and neurotransmitters.
C) High serotonin levels and abnormal steroid levels.
D) Steroid overproduction or underproduction.

Question 36

A genetically-related abnormal personality trait identified in the intergenerational pattern of abuse is:

A) Inhibited affect.
B) Chronic anxiety
C) Antisocial disorder.
D) Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 37

Which personality disorder has NOT been associated with male-to-female IPV?

A) Passive dependent/compulsive personality disorder
B) Narcissistic/antisocial personality disorder
C) Independent personality disorder
D) Schizoidal/borderline personality disorder

Question 38

Feminists criticize the view that violent maritally violent men have some form of psychopathology on the ground that:

A) Attributions of mental illness serve as an abuse excuse for batterers.
B) It supports the role of patriarchy as the prime motivation for male aggression.
C) It focuses on individual batterer problems while excluding social and political conditions.
D) It misguidedly focuses on helping batterers overcome problems such as "skill deficits."

Question 39

Researchers comparing partner-violent only men to generally violent men discovered that MFIPV men are violent toward:

A) Many people (female partners, other family members, acquaintances and strangers).
B) Their female partners only.
C) Their coworkers primarily.
D) Their fathers and brothers but not toward their mothers and sisters.

Question 40

Several different researchers found evidence that:

A) Nearly all MFIPV perpetrators are "generally" violent.
B) Many men who perpetrate IPV also perpetrate other violence.
C) Men who have been arrested for MFIPV rarely commit other crimes.
D) MFIPV perpetrators usually commit crimes only against family members.

Question 41

Researchers comparing partner-violent only men to generally violent men discovered that MFIPV men are violent toward:

A) Many people (female partners, other family members, acquaintances, and strangers)
B) Their female partners only
C) Their coworkers primarily
D) Their fathers and brothers but not toward their mothers and sisters

Question 42

The Anasseril and Holcomb (1985) study showed that men charged with either domestic or nondomestic homicide differed from nonviolent men in terms of having:

A) Learning disabilities.
B) Minority racial status.
C) Hormone abnormalities.
D) Disturbed childhoods.

Question 43

Three studies in the text did NOT mention which of the following as a characteristic discriminating between severely violent and less violent men?

A) Health problems.
B) Drug usage.
C) Unemployment.
D) Psychopathology.

Question 44

Buzawa and Buzawa (2003) argue that the most dangerous MFIPV men are generally violent men who:

A) Are almost unfazed by arrest.
B) Will be violent into old age.
C) Have surprisingly low rates of arrest.
D) Should be treated with medications.

Question 45

Which is NOT a subtype of MFIPV men identified by Holtzworth-Munroe & Stuart (1994)?

A) Family only
B) Dysphoric/borderline
C) Hostile/insecure
D) Generally violent/antisocial

Question 46

Holtzworth-Munroe et al. (2000) found the following about anger and hostility in MFIPV men?

A) Borderline/dysphoric men experienced normality mixed with abnormality.
B) Generally violent men were comparatively less angry and hostile.
C) There was little relationship between anger and hostility across groups.
D) Men reported more spouse-specific anger than general anger except on one scale.

Question 47

Which of the following was NOT a descriptive dimension used by Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart (1994) as the basis for identifying a typology of MFIPV men?

A) Duration of violence
B) Severity of violence
C) Generality of violence
D) Psychopathology.

Question 48

In an examination of typology research to date, Dixon and Browne (2003) found support for the:

A) Hamberger et al. 3-subtype classification.
B) Tweed and Dutton 2-subtype classification.
C) Holtzworth-Munroe et al. 3-subtype classification.
D) White and Gondolf 4-subtype classification.

Question 49

In the case history of Zaida and Kumar:

A) Kumar defended himself so he seemed to suffer very little abuse.
B) Zaida was unaware of the real reason Kumar would not talk to her.
C) Zaida could not change her behavior and she was rearrested.
D) Zaida primarily hit Kumar because he did not share his paycheck.

Question 50

Which of the following is NOT a variable that academicians should take into account to understand female violence?

A) Childhood traumas
B) Outcomes of male partner violence
C) Female victimization
D) Criminal record

Question 51

Which of the following was NOT stated as a reason for women's violence in the Stuart et al. 2006 study?

A) Anger
B) Stress
C) Partner provoked the violence
D) Self-defense

Question 52

____________ generated from negative life events contributes to FMIPV.

A) Anger
B) Depression
C) Fear
D) Stress

Question 53

If a man beats his wife, is he likely to be violent toward nonfamily members as well? Discuss the evidence.

Question 54

How do batterers explain their marital violence?

Question 55

Describe the various biological factors that may contribute to violence in men.

Question 56

Outline the various relationship factors that seem to play a role in male-to-female violence.

Question 57

Which socialization practices seem to contribute to MFIPV?

Question 58

What is the role of marital dissatisfaction in battering?

Question 59

How do maritally violent men differ from nonmaritally violent men in regard to verbal/communication problems?

Question 60

Describe all the ways that stress may be related to marital violence.

Question 61

What does the research show about the relationship between power, control, and MFIPV?

Question 62

Discuss the relationship between battering and possible individual differences in personality traits.

Question 63

Which personality traits characterize MFIPV men?

Question 64

Describe evidence linking antisocial personality disorder to battering.

Question 65

List the broad categories in which maritally violent men differ from nonmaritally violent men.

Question 66

Discuss the role of trauma in the incidence of IPV.

Question 67

Discuss the role of humiliation and control as the most prevalent factors in male-to-female IPV.

Question 68

Discuss the new findings regarding the early theory of the cycle of violence.

Question 69

Discuss the role of alcohol or drugs in male IPV.

Question 70

Discuss the role of jealousy in IPV.

Question 71

How does inadequate communication style contribute to intimate partner violence?

Question 72

Why is it important to treat batterers with evidence-based approaches?

Question 73

How much of a problem is FMIPV?

Question 74

If you were to join NOMAS, how would you participate?

Question 75

What do you think is the major cause of male-to-female violence? Why?

Question 76

What do you think should be done to eliminate battering?

Question 77

Is it primarily the battered woman's responsibility to end the violence directed at her? Why/why not?

Question 78

If you were to conduct batterer research, which topic would you select and why?

Question 79

What type of research to further understand male-to-female violence would you personally like to pursue?

Question 80

Do you think batterers are "bad" or "mad"?