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This book discusses causes and precursors of violence, explores the psychological characteristics of perpetrators of violence, and describes and evaluates potential responses to it.

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Author:   Ximena B. Arriaga ,  Stuart Oskamp
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780761916437

ISBN 10:   0761916431
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   27 July 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

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

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Ximena Arriaga is currently an Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. Her doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is in Social Psychology, with minors in Quantitative Psychology and Developmental Science. Her primary areas of research are relationship commitment, uncertainty, and partner aggression. She also does some research on family functioning among Latinos. Her research has been funded by NIMH and contributes to the relationships and intimate partner violence literatures. She has served as an Associated Editor or Consulting Editor for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and Personal Relationships. Dr. Arriaga has received several teaching awards 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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