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7 J. Fam. Violence 1 (1992)

handle is hein.journals/jfamv7 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Family Violence, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1992 Sex Role Beliefs, Control, and Social Isolation of Battered Women Jane Warren' and Wayne Lanning2 This study compared battered and non-battered women on their sex role types, control needs, and inclusion needs. The subjects included 33 battered, married women matched with 33 unbattered married women on education, employment, status, and age. The instruments used were the Bem Sex Role Inventoy and the FIRO-B. Results indicated a significant relationship between the battered/non- battered status and sex role type and wanted control. Battered subjects were more feminine in sex role type than the non-battered subjects. Battered women were also more tolerant of external control. KEY WORDS:Spouse abuse; battered women; sex-roles; control needs. INTRODUCTION Family violence has existed throughout recorded history. The oldest known written laws, the Code of Hammurabi, granted men the right to punish their wives. Although violence in the home has occurred throughout history, not until the 1970's was it recognized as a social problem (Pizzey, 1974). After 1971, research on family violence was reported, and the public gradually be- came aware of the high incidence of violence that occurs in homes. In 1974, Gelles interviewed 80 nonrandomly selected families and found 57% of the entire sample had used physical force on one another at some time. The most commonly recognized form of family violence is spouse abuse, usually physical assault against the wife. The present study investigated three variables; sex roles, control, and social inclusion, to determine if they may be differentially 'Southeast Wyoming Mental Health Center, Laramie, Wyoming 82070. 2Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154. 1 0885-7482/92/0300-O001t06.50100 1992 Plenum Publishing Corpurmion

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