Re: financial stress and family violence

[Marney Thomas <mgt2@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for taking the time to send this forward. Everyone seems to be in
the same situation, a hunch that it is related, lots of anecdotal
information and NO published research. 


At 07:23 PM 11/6/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Dr. Thomas:
>
>In "Marital Instability: A Social and Behavioral Study of the Early
>Years"  Veroff, Hatchett, and Dovan (1995) found economic hardship to be
>significantly correlated with marital instability among their African
>American cohort. While the issue of family violence is not addressed per
>se in this longitudinal study, related issues such as feelings of
>inadequacy, perceived and tangible unequal power structures in the context
>of society and marriage, and other stressors are discussed. 
>
>Shirley Hatchett, Ph.D, is Professor of Sociology here at the University
>of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and may be able to direct you to
>additional research.   
>
>My apologies for the late response to your October 15 post.
>
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>Michelle A. Johnson
>Graduate Research Assistant
>Children and Family Research Center
>School of Social Work
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>1203 West Oregon Street
>Urbana, Illinois 61801
>(217)244-4543
>majohns2@students.uiuc.edu
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>
>On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Marney Thomas wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of any empirical work (published or unpublished) that has
>> specifically examined the relationship between financial management (i.e.,
>> how couples resolve conflicts around money, budgets, expenses, etc.) and
>> severe marital conflict/spouse abuse?
>> Marney Thomas, Ph.D.
>> Family Life Development Center
>> MVR Hall 
>> Cornell University
>> Ithaca, NY 14853
>> Phone: 607-254-5241
>> Fax: 607-255-4837
>> 
>> mailto:mgt2@cornell.edu
>> 
>
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