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PSY 357 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS

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Abusive relationships and why people stay

Faculty:

William B. Swann, Jr., Ph.D.

Contact:

Christine Chang-Schneider chang-schneider@mail.utexas.edu

Description:

Why do some people stay in abusive relationships and others do not?  Previous research by our team shows that a woman’s own level of aggression is related to how she perceives and accepts her partner’s aggression. This study interviews women who are in highly psychologically abusive relationships and draws conclusions from it with respect to what keeps them in. 

Qualifications:            

Must be very good at social interaction and comfortable with interviewing subjects.  Must be patient, a good listener, intelligent, approachable, conscientious, reliable, and also proficient at English and reading. Experimenter might be responsible for going off campus to shelters or other locations where the appropriate demographic is located (field study), so independent transportation is preferred. This RA-ship may be extended into the Fall semester (in either a volunteer or a PSY 357 capacity), based on data-collection needs.

Duties:           

Experimenter, recruiting, some data entry.

PSY 357 Undergraduate Research Projects (SUMMER 2009)
PSY 357 Course Requirements

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