PSY 357 Emotion regulation in abusive relationships
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT

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? Does it have something to do with the way they regulate their emotion during conflict with their partner? This study interviews women who are in high and low emotionally 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, but not necessary.
Duties:
Experimenter.

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