Men's reactions to participating in interpersonal violence research.
This study assessed college men's reactions immediately following and 2 months after completing self-report measures of interpersonal violence. Results showed that 4.3% of men experienced immediate negative emotional reactions. Greater immediate negative reactions were related to personal benefits to research participation, anticipation of future distress, experiences of childhood physical abuse and psychological abuse/neglect, and physical abuse perpetration either in adolescence or adulthood. Attrition from the study over the 2-month follow-up was predicted by fewer perceived personal benefits to study participation but not by negative emotional reactions. None of the participants who returned for the 2-month follow-up reported experiencing negative emotional reactions to research participation over the interim.
Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA. Katie.Edwards@unh.edu
Katie M
KM
Edwards
Christine A
CA
Gidycz
Angeli D
AD
Desai
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult