Chapter 15: Stress and Coping With Intimate Partner Violence

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. More than ______ of women in the United States have reported IPV.

A. 1/2

B. 1/4

C. 2/3

D. 1/3

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The highest prevalence of physical abuse victimization is reported by ______.

A. Black women

B. non-Hispanic White women

C. multiracial women

D. Hispanic women

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Physical and Sexual Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Psychological abuse as a form of IPV is ______.

A. much more likely to occur within the context of a same-sex relationship

B. a distinct form of IPV and has multiple short- and long-term negative outcomes

C. not as serious as physical abuse because there are no physical scars

D. experienced by women and men at the same rate

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Psychological Aggression

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Johnson (1995) created typologies to view IPV in order to address controversies in gender differences in IPV. She created five typologies including ______.

A. lasting and serious violence and everyday conflict escalation

B. reportable violence and situational escalation

C. coercive controlling violence and situational couple violence

D. gaslighting and couple terrorism

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Types of IPV: Making Distinctions

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Coercive controlling violence ______.

A. can be defined by the deliberate use of controlling tactics (including threats, economic control, isolation)

B. only erupts during situational conflict

C. is purely physical

D. is not as common as earlier research had indicated

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Types of IPV: Making Distinctions

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Which statement about situational couple violence is most accurate?

A. It occurs in a cyclical pattern, when issues of power and control escalate to the point of violence.

B. It is perpetrated mainly by men involved in same-sex relationships.

C. It is most common in couple relationships that include dependent children.

D. The pattern of power and control is absent and it occurs as the result of a conflict escalating.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Situational Couple Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Rob grew up in a home where his dad regularly pushed his mother around. Rob figured that she deserved what she got because she was incapable of doing anything right. Rob was confused when he hit his girlfriend, and she made a huge deal of it. This is most clearly an example of ______.

A. patriarchal structure

B. social learning theory

C. Rob’s anger issues

D. family systems theory

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Social Learning Theory: “His Dad Was Abusive, Too”

Difficulty Level: Hard

8. Amy was in the emergency room with broken ribs from an argument she had with her husband, Tom. She explained to the doctor that this never happened before, and that Tom had always struggled with his anger. She said she knows that his anger gets the best of him and that she went too far insisting that they go to her mother’s for the holiday. This is most clearly an example of ______.

A. patriarchal structure

B. social learning theory

C. abuser’s individual characteristics

D. family systems theory

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Explaining Violence by an Intimate Partner

Difficulty Level: Hard

9. Dr. Griffiths is a feminist researcher. She demonstrated that the impact of society valuing men more than women involves a power imbalance and normalizing violence toward women. This most clearly describes the ______.

A. patriarchal structure explanation

B. social learning theory explanation

C. abuser’s individual characteristics explanation

D. family systems theory explanation

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Patriarchal Structure: “He Was the King of the Castle”

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. The contextual model of family stress extends the ABC-X model by including a focus on ______.

A. social learning theoretical explanations

B. family systems theoretical explanations

C. inclusion of the internal and external contexts surrounding the family

D. inclusion of normative and nonnormative events in families’ lives

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Contextual Model of Family Stress

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. According to the ABC-X Model, the degree of stress produced in a family depends on the ______.

A. source, type, duration, and density of the stressor event

B. timing, intensity, and duration of the stressor event

C. timing, the cultural background, and strength of family

D. source, strength of family, cultural supports, and intensity of the stressor event

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The ABC-X Model

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Deanna, a woman who was physically abused by her husband for the first time after 5 years of marriage, perceives IPV differently from a woman she met in a domestic violence shelter, Harriet, a woman with three kids, who has been physically abused consistently for 5 years. What best explains why they view their IPV differently?

A. contextual model

B. social learning theory

C. family stress theory

D. survivor theory

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The ABC-X Model

Difficulty Level: Hard

13. Economic, emotional, and psychological assets individuals may use to cope with IPV are represented as ______ in the ABC-X model.

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. X

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Resources (B)

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. If Lucy believes that her abusive husband’s behaviors are wrong and unacceptable, she is more likely to take action. This is an example of ______.

A. Lucy’s collective resources

B. Lucy’s description of the stressor event

C. Lucy’s perception of the stressor event

D. Lucy’s resiliency

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Perception (C)

Difficulty Level: Hard

15. Mary has been with Dave for 5 years, and they have three children. Mary loves Dave, but when he drinks he gets really nasty. When Mary smells alcohol on Dave’s breath, she sends the kids next door, makes Dave’s favorite meal, and does not argue or react to his verbal assaults. These are considered ______.

A. coping mechanisms

B. defensive mannerisms

C. denial behaviors

D. resources

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Stress or Crisis (X)

Difficulty Level: Hard

16. Research has indicated that leaving an abusive relationship is ______.

A. a stage-based process

B. easy, once the victim accumulates sufficient resources

C. dependent of the woman’s stage of development

D. a sign of resiliency

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Leaving as a Process

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Women often have to manage intrusion of the abusive spouse even after the separation or divorce. Strategies for doing so include ______.

A. buying a gun to protect the children

B. setting up and enforcing rigid family boundaries

C. relinquishing custody to be rid of the abusive partner

D. going about their daily lives as if nothing had happened

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Postseparation Coping

Difficulty Level: Hard

18. Ramon and Steven have been a committed couple for 7 years. They have had a stormy relationship, and in fact, Steven physically beat Ramon, who needed to go to the emergency room. At the hospital, no one asked whether Ramon’s partner harmed him, and it was assumed that the injuries were gang related. Ramon was discharged to Steven’s care with no resources for IPV (and besides, there was no shelter that would accept Ramon anyway, since he is male). This is an example of ______.

A. poor planning on Ramon’s part

B. heterosexism impacting the possibilities of support

C. how the internal context of Steven and Ramon’s relationship impacted the response

D. Ramon’s coping skills

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: IPV in the Context of Queer Relationships

Difficulty Level: Hard

19. Eva and Dan have had a violent relationship for 13 years, but Eva hid it from family and friends. She spent years trying to make the relationship work. After an incident in which her 12-year-old daughter saw Dan choke her, Eva took the children to a shelter. This time Eva filed police reports and got an order of protection. She called her family, took time off from work, and made a plan to leave Dan for good. Two years later, Eva has maintained her distance from Dan and is pulling her life together. This is an example of ______.

A. a woman who stayed with her abuser way too long

B. the process of leaving an abuser

C. an example of how leaving an abuser can happen quickly

D. an example of the external context of IPV

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Leaving as a Process

Difficulty Level: Hard

20. Violent resistance is commonly known in legal circles as ______.

A. self-defense

B. justified violence

C. hostage taking

D. self-reliance

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Violent Resistance

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. Who are referred to as “invisible victims” in the IPV literature?

A. high-income couples

B. cohabitating couples

C. teenage couples

D. same-sex couples

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: IPV in the Context of Queer Relationships

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. According to the CMFS, ______ contexts consist of any historical, cultural, economic, developmental, and hereditary or biological components that provide a “setting” within which families operate and manage stressor events.

A. family

B. internal

C. external

D. integral

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: External Context

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. ______ theory contends that IPV victims actively engage in strategies to keep themselves safe in their relationships.

A. Social learning

B. Survivor

C. Defense mechanism

D. Strategic agency

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Stress or Crisis (X)

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. In a study conducted with 25 abused mothers, researchers found that once the mothers shifted their perception from prioritizing ______ to prioritizing the safety of their children, they stopped efforts to keep the relationship together and focused on leaving safely instead.

A. the family unit

B. the abuser’s needs

C. their own safety

D. financial security

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Perception (C)

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Goodman et al. (2009) theorized that when IPV and ______ intersect, the combination of stress, powerlessness, and social isolation puts victims at greater risk of developing emotional difficulties such as PTSD and depression.

A. poverty

B. heterosexism

C. race

D. religion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Resources (B)

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Both women and men perpetrate IPV, but women constitute the majority of survivors and victims.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Types of Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Marital rape became illegal across the United States during the second wave of feminism in the early 1970s.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Patriarchal Structure: “He Was the King of the Castle”

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Victims of IPV employ placating strategies to manage their lives. These strategies are not helpful in the long run.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Stress or Crisis (X)

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Discrimination adds a layer of complexity and stress to IPV in same-sex relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: IPV in the Context of Queer Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Research suggests that most victims stay with their abusers until they are killed.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Leaving as a Process

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Once women leave their abusive relationships, the abuse ends.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Postseparation Coping

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Women who spend at least one night in a shelter and are exposed to advocacy and counseling services report less repeated IPV.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Interventions for IPV

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Anger management programs for IPV perpetrators have been shown to dramatically reduce the likelihood of repeated abuse after completion.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Abusers’ Individual Characteristics: “She Always Had an Anger Problem”

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Since we live in a patriarchal society, women do not have the structural resources to be IPV offenders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: IPV in the Context of Male Victimization

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. The idea of an intergenerational transmission of violence speaks to findings that approximately 60% of abusive men were exposed to some form of violence during their youth (as opposed to 20% of nonabusive men).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Social Learning Theory: “His Dad Was Abusive, Too”

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Please identify the major forms of intimate partner violence. What are the effects on individuals, and how common are the specific forms of IPV?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Types of Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Using the contextual model of family stress, discuss IPV.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Contextual Model of Family Stress

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Discuss the process of leaving a relationship for reasons related to IPV.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Leaving as a Process

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Discuss how IPV plays out for male victims. Explore the reasons that accessing necessary help may be difficult for male victims.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: IPV in the Context of Male Victimization

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Discuss the unique ways that IPV is challenging for same-sex couples.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: IPV in the Context of Queer Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium