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Good to know:
A study investigated the type of compliance gaining strategies that battered women reported using in
domestic conflicts and whether these strategies related to the battered women's verbal aggression and
argumentativeness.
Participants in this study were 115 abused women who were seeking refuge from abusive spouses in
temporary shelters for battered women. The results suggest that battered women most frequently
reported using indirect strategies.
Aversive Stimulation (i.e., pouting sulking, crying) and ingratiation (i.e., manipulation in the form of
affection or favor doing) were the top two strategies reported.
Furthermore, a canonical correlation analysis resulted in an overall significant relationship between
compliance gaining strategies and argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness.

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