- What are the roots of violence between spouses?
- What do we know about the precursors of wife battering?
- Who are the victims of domestic abuse?
This book discusses causes and precursors of violence, exploring the psychological characteristics of perpetrators of violence, and describing and evaluating potential responses to it. Each chapter contributes to the reader′s understanding of violence in intimate relationships. Part I establishes the ‘what’ and the ‘who’ of violence; Part II examines the interpersonal and situational context that may contribute to violent interaction, or the ‘how’ and ‘why’ that underlie violent interactions; and Part III provides an account of what happens to victims as a result of physical and psychological abuse and how relationships change following violent interactions. The book provides an up-to-date supplemental textbook for courses on a variety of disciplines that deal with violence between spouses and intimate spouses.
CONTRIBUTORS: S. Oskamp, X. B. Arriaga, M. A. Straus, A. Holtzworth-Munroe, J. C. Meehan, K. Herron, G. L. Stuart, D. G. Dutton, S. A. Lloyd, K. E. Leonard, I. Arias, P. W. Sharps, J. Campbell, T. N. Bradbury, & E. Lawrence
Table of Content
PART ONE: NATURE OF VIOLENCE
The Nature, Correlates and Consequences of Violence in Intimate Relationships – Ximena B Arriaga and Stuart Oskamp
The Controversy over Domestic Violence by Women – Murray A Straus
A Methodological, Theoretical and Sociology of Science Analysis
A Typology of Male Batterers – Amy Holtzworth-Munroe et al
An Initial Examination
Limitations of Social Learning Models in Explaining Intimate Aggression – Donald G Dutton
PART TWO: CORRELATES OF VIOLENCE
The Interpersonal and Communication Dynamics of Wife Battering – Sally A Lloyd
Alcohol Use and Husband Marital Aggression among Newlywed Couples – Kenneth E Leonard
PART THREE: CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE
Women′s Responses to Physical and Psychological Abuse – Ileana Arias
Health Consequences for Victims of Violence in Intimate Relationships – Phyllis W Sharps and Jacquelyn Campbell
Physical Aggression and the Longitudinal Course of Newlywed Marriage – Thomas N Bradbury and Erika Lawrence
About the author
Stuart Oskamp (Ph.D., Stanford University) has focused his research interests in the areas of attitudes and attitude change, applied social psychology, behavioral aspects of energy and resource conservation, and social issues and public policy. His books include Attitudes and Opinions and Applied Social Psychology. He has been elected a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives and President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and of the APA Division of Population and Environmental Psychology. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Social Issues and of the Applied Social Psychology Annual. Since 1984 he has organized the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology and co-edited the resulting annual volume published for many years by Sage Publications and now published by Erlbaum.
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