Abnormal Psychology: Current PerspectivesPresents current perspectives and research on all psychological disorders. This edition of the text features discussion on antisocial personality disorder, rape and domestic violence. A Groups at risk section highlights differences in prevalence by gender, race and socioeconomic status. |
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... batterers systematically make their wives totally dependent on them . Batterers often bar their partners from having contact with family or friends ; one batterer rigged his front door so that he could tell whether or not his wife had ...
... batterers systematically make their wives totally dependent on them . Batterers often bar their partners from having contact with family or friends ; one batterer rigged his front door so that he could tell whether or not his wife had ...
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... batterers grow up fearing abandonment and having markedly ambivalent attitudes toward women . Dutton believes that batterers often experience dissociation during battering episodes . He provides some empirical support for his theory ...
... batterers grow up fearing abandonment and having markedly ambivalent attitudes toward women . Dutton believes that batterers often experience dissociation during battering episodes . He provides some empirical support for his theory ...
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... batterers usually take the form of group therapy , provided separately for batterers and their victims . Group therapy for vic- tims , nearly all of whom are women , often takes place in shelters and typically focuses on the issues of ...
... batterers usually take the form of group therapy , provided separately for batterers and their victims . Group therapy for vic- tims , nearly all of whom are women , often takes place in shelters and typically focuses on the issues of ...
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Abnormal Psychology: Current Perspectives Lauren B. Alloy,Neil S. Jacobson,Joan Ross Acocella No preview available - 1999 |
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