Abusive Relationship Analysis Paper

The article that I chose was Remaining in an Abusive Relationship: An Investment Model Analysis of Nonvoluntary Dependence. The main questions this article sought to answer were why do people that have been physically battered sometimes choose to stay with their partners, and why would an individual remain in a relationship that carries a very real risk of serious injury or death? This study used an investment model, which is based on the interdependence theory. The theory suggests that to understand why individuals remain in ongoing interdependent relationships, it is very important to distinguish between the concepts of satisfaction and commitment. This article’s research explores the correlates of commitment and stay/leave behavior in abusive relationships. There were actually three hypothesis, the first one proposes that feelings of commitment to an abusive relationship will be associated with limited or poor-quality alternatives, greater investment of resources in a relationship, and they also expect that commitment will be associated with greater satisfaction, or lesser dissatisfaction. The second hypothesis of our model predicts that actual stay/leave behavior will be strongly associated with commitment level, …show more content…
The interviews touched on things such as herself, her partner, and their relationship. Within our sample, 77% had at some time required medical treatment as a result of battering, 78% had sought police assistance, 73% had been threatened with a weapon, and 94% said their partner was dangerous. The interviews had questions employed for the global measures of commitment level, assessed investment size, and variables were used to assess several components of satisfaction level. The stay/leave behavior was based on phone calls that each woman got at 3, 6, and 12 months after leaving the