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Spouse Abuse and Child Abuse by Army Soldiers

Journal of Family Violence, 2007
This study analyzed data collected by the U.S. Army’s Family Advocacy Program, the group primarily responsible for family violence prevention, identification, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up on Army installations. Patterns of spouse abuse and child abuse perpetrated within a five year period (2000–2004) were examined in a sample of 10,864 Army ...
Sandra L Martin, Deborah A Gibbs, Ruby E Johnson   +2 more
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Risk of physical abuse to children of spouse abusing parents

Child Abuse and Neglect, 1996
The purpose of this study is to estimate the gender-specific probability of a violent spouse also physically abusing his or her child within a representative sample. The study is based on a sample of 3,363 American parents interviewed for the 1985 National Family Violence Survey.
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Early antecedents of spouse abuse

Aggressive Behavior, 1997
Males taken into police custody for reported spouse abuse (n = 19) and a matched control group (n = 19) were asked to describe the drinking habits of their parents and the extent of intra-family violence witnessed by them as children. The retrospective data were compared to the participant's own present alcohol use and aggressiveness (CTS).
Bettina Von Der Pahlen, Ralf Lindman
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Spouse killing: The final abuse

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 1980
As an alternative to the sado-masochistic interpretation of violent spouse abuse, a quasi-romantic perspective sees abuse as a consequence of intensive intimacy—even “love.” In this study, abuse is explained as a form of punishment of the partner who is experienced as the spoiler of the expectations, hopes and plans for a fulfilling long term ...
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Abuse, Spouse

2010
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Characteristics of Spouse Abusers

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1986
With increased attention being paid to the problem of male to female spouse abuse, the importance of understanding abuser characteristics is growing. Although violence abatement programs are developing, it has been observed clinically that abusers frequently fail to volunteer for such treatment when it is available.
L. KEVIN HAMBERGER, JAMES E. HASTINGS
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Abuse of Spouses

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1978
To the Editor.— The BRIEF REPORT "Wife Abuse: The Diagnosis and Its Implications" (240:240,1978) by Petro and associates promulgated the unusual thesis that there is justification for corporal punishment ("most abused wives were unfaithful and deserved to be abused").
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Spouse Abuse

1991
Abstract Spouse abuse (or interspousal violence) is defined as the use of physical force in intimate relationships among adults. Battering is defined as a syndrome of control and increasing entrapment attendant upon spouse abuse and characterized by a history of injury, general medical complaints, isolation, stress-related ...
Evan Stark, Anne H Flitcraft
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Spouse Abuse:

Journal of Health & Social Policy, 1990
Forty male respondents, 20 batterers and 20 non-batterers comparably matched for education, sex, age, employment, and occupation in a non-probabilistic sample, were administered the Conflict Tactics Scale and the Causal Dimension Scale in order to measure exposure to violence in both family and non-family environments and to determine how respondents ...
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Observation of Spouse Abuse

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1987
The results of a study of the children of battered women indicate that intervention with these children, half of whom were themselves abused, should become a professional priority. The serious effects are influenced by the gender and age of the child.
LIANE V. DAVIS, BONNIE E. CARLSON
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