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Self-concepts and demographic characteristics of battered women in Gauteng, South Africa

Curationis, 2009
In South Africa, studies have shown that one in every four women are abused or battered. Put graphically, 25% of women in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) are assaulted by their boyfriend/partner or husband and a woman suffer battering on average of 39
E.S. Idemudia
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Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Sekaren Shantha‐Kumari   +3 more
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Why Fun Aunties Matter: A Modest Account

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, I offer a child‐centred account of the value of company‐keeping relationships between children and adults. These are relationships enjoyed by a child and an adult who is neither a mere acquaintance nor integrally involved in that child's care or upbringing.
Lesley Jamieson
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Just Who Was Wearing the Trousers in Victorian Britain? Violent Wives and Violent Women

Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 2005
Intra-marital violence is a subject often examined by sociologists, psychologists and historians alike, albeit from a very traditional perspective. Certainly, the image of the ‘battered wife’ is a common one when discussions of domestic aggression arise ...
Anne-Marie Kilday
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Family functioning following a brief, virtual emotion‐focused family therapy intervention for children's mental health

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
This study presents the first evidence that brief emotion‐focused family therapy (EFFT) is associated with change at the family level in the area of family functioning; a construct that is also associated with pandemic disruption, family size, parent psychological distress, and parenting stress.
Laura Colucci, Mirisse Foroughe, Imogen M. Sloss, Dillon T. Browne   +3 more
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Children's psychological traits and educational performance: How schools and residential areas moderate how individual traits translate into academic outcomes

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The extent to which children's psychological traits influence their educational performance is thought to depend on the fit between the individual and their developmental context. However, this assumption has yet to be empirically tested on a population scale.
Qi Qin, Rosa Cheesman, Espen Moen Eilertsen, Eivind Ystrom   +3 more
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Factors that influence on the decisions of battered women

NURE Investigación, 2008
Violence towards and against women consists in any kind of violation of woman’s personality, her physical integrity or her freedom of movement. Nowadays, gender-based violence is considered a state and public health problem as well as a social concerning
Juana Robledo Martín, Diana de la Fuente Aparicio, Ana Belén Salamanca Castro, Sara Sánchez Castro   +3 more
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BATTERED WOMEN AND THE REQUIREMENT OF IMMINENCE IN SELF-DEFENCE

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2013
Should the South African courts abolish the traditional imminence standard, something must be used to stand in its place. The identification of the various alternatives which have been suggested to replace imminence - most notably the establishment of ...
Samantha Goosen
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An Interdisciplinary Review of the Gaslighting Literature and Future Research Agenda

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gaslighting is increasingly discussed in organizational contexts, yet its meaning, boundaries, and process remain unclear within management and organizational scholarship. Although research on gaslighting has expanded across multiple disciplines, existing work is conceptually fragmented and difficult to integrate, limiting cumulative theory ...
Paula A. Kincaid, Samantha C. O. Stalion
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Workplace Allyship: An Integrative Review and Agenda for Future Research

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Workplace allyship has emerged as a key construct in the literature on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Although research on workplace allyship has expanded rapidly in recent years, advancement in this research stream is limited by conceptual ambiguity and fragmentation across numerous perspectives.
Maria Funk, Silja Hartmann, Alexander Newman   +2 more
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