Deborah Rhatigan

Publications (2)2.93 Total impact

• Article: Who Gets Blamed for Intimate Partner Violence? The Relative Contributions of Perpetrator Sex Category, Victim Confrontation, and Observer Attitudes.

  Cindy Stewart, Todd Moore, Travis Crone, Stacie Craft Defreitas, Deborah Rhatigan
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  ABSTRACT: The present study examined the effects of perpetrator sex category, victim confrontation, observer sex category, and observer attitudes on attributions of blame and behavioral stability for partner violence. Data were collected from 728 college-aged students enrolled at 2 universities in the United States. Results demonstrated that males and females attributed less blame and behavioral stability to female perpetrators than male perpetrators, especially if the perpetrator was provoked. Moreover, attitudes toward women and violence were important for predicting attributions, and some of the evidence for observer effects was reduced to nonsignificance once these variables were added to the model.
  Journal of Interpersonal Violence 05/2012; · 1.64 Impact Factor
• Article: Gender differences in the mediated relationship between alcohol use and academic motivation among late adolescents.

  John A Webb, Todd Moore, Deborah Rhatigan, Cynthia Stewart, J Greg Getz
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  ABSTRACT: This study utilized structural equation modeling to examine the relationship between alcohol use and academic motivation controlling for potentially mediating variables of deviant behavior, depressive cognitions, family communication, and peer relations. The study also examined the manner in which these relationships were moderated by gender. Results indicated that alcohol use was directly related to deviance for both males and females, but was not associated with depressive cognitions for either males or females. Deviant behavior was directly associated with depressive cognitions for both males and females, but this effect was significantly stronger for females. Deviance was significantly, inversely related to family communication among males, but not females. Depressive cognitions were significantly, inversely related to family communication for both males and females. Family communication and peer relations were directly related to academic motivation for both males and females, and the relationship between family communication and academic motivation was also mediated through peer relations. The necessity of providing information that focuses on minimizing involvement in deviant behaviors for females and the differential importance of family and peer relations is discussed.
  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 08/2007; 77(3):478-88. · 1.29 Impact Factor