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EUCLIDEAN
DISTANCE IN THE REPERTORY GRID TECHNIQUE:
A STUDY OF DISTANCES BETWEEN ELEMENTS
IN A SAMPLE OF BATTERED WOMEN
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Jesús
Garcia-Martínez, María Ángeles
Payán-Bravo and
Rafael
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University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
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Abstract
In this study,
Euclidean distance was used to analyse the construct of male-female elements
and those supportive or non-supportive in a sample of battered women (N=25). The
main aim was to study the differences in subjective similarity (Euclidean
distance) according to different structural indexes in the repertory grid. The
sample was divided into two groups using the mean as the criterion for
dichotomizing groups as high-low. Symptomatology was also used as a factor for
distributing the sample. Between-group differences were calculated with Student’s-t. Women in the high-polarization
group considered themselves different from their partner and also from other
aggressive men. Women in the low-intensity group considered themselves and
their partners as different from cooperative-helpful men.
Keywords: Euclidian
distances, repertory grid technique, intimate partner violence
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About the authors
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Jesús Garcia-Martínez, Psychotherapist and Professor of
Psychotherapies at the School of Psychology of the University of Seville.
His area of research is focused on violence, victims and stigma and the study
of psychotherapeutic processes related with these kinds of cases. He has
written a paper on implicative dilemmas in victims, innovative moments in group
therapy. He also studies the adaptation of psychotherapy to clients with
cultural diversity. He was former president of the Spanish Association of
Constructivist Psychotherapy (ASEPCO) and belongs to the TAOS Institute.
Contact: jgm@us.es
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MŞ Ángeles Payán-Bravo, Psychologist. Researcher at the University of Seville. Her areas of research are
gender violence and stigma recovery. She works as volunteer in a non-profit making
association of people suffering with severe mental disorders (ASAENES) and is
preparing to train as a clinical psychologist in the Spanish Health System.
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Rafael Moreno, PhD, studied Psychology at the
University of Barcelona and is Professor of Methodology of Behavioral
Sciences at the School of Psychology at the University of Seville. He has
taught courses at various different universities. His main fields of interest
are the foundations of scientific methodology, seeking to advance its state as
a scientific discipline, improving the validity of its notions and achieving
greater structuring by identifying common principles that simplify the enormous
number of concepts accumulated over decades. |
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Reference
Garcia-Martínez, J., Payán-Bravo, M. A., Moreno-Rodríguez, R. (2019). Euclidean distance
in the repertory grid technique: a study of distances between elements in a
sample of battered women.
Personal Construct Theory & Practice, 16, 82-93
(Retrieved from http://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp19/garcia-martinez19.pdf)
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