Cross-Culturally, What Is the Most Common Form of Family Violence

question 17

Multiple Choice

Cross-culturally, what is the most common form of family violence?

• A) wife beating
• B) child abuse
• C) sibling violence
• D) infanticide

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Definitions:

Quasi-experimental

A research design that seeks to establish cause-and-effect relationships but lacks random assignment of participants to control and experimental groups.

Attitudes

A psychological tendency expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor, reflecting how one feels about something.

Pretest

An initial test administered before the start of an experiment or intervention to determine baseline levels of participants' knowledge, abilities, or attitudes.

Nonequivalent Control Group Pretest-posttest Design

An experimental design where participants are not randomly assigned to groups and both groups are pre-tested and post-tested, allowing comparison despite the lack of random assignment.