A 1976 survey of 960 males and 1,183 females across the United States examines methods of conflict resolution within families. The data was collected by Murray A. Straus of the University of New Hampshire at Manchester. It covers topics including spousal and parent-child conflicts, the development of violent incidents, family power structures, and personality factors.
Use Cases
- Modeling predictors of domestic violence based on reported conflict resolution methods.
- Analyzing the relationship between family power structures and the incidence of violence.
- Studying the intergenerational transmission of conflict patterns based on childhood family data.
- Investigating correlations between personality or stress factors and violent conflict outcomes.
Strengths
- Nationwide sample of 2,143 individuals (960 males, 1,183 females).
- Covers multiple specific domains: conflict resolution, violence development, family power, and personality.
Limitations
- Data is from 1976; social norms and reporting behaviors may have changed.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count for the final dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Murray A. Straus, University of New Hampshire at Manchester
- Collection Method
- Nationwide sample of interviews.
- Time Range
- 1976
- Geography
- United States