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Title Partner violence : risk factors, therapeutic interventions and psychological impact / Elizabeth Bellamy, editor
Published Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Bullying and victimization
Bullying and victimization.
Contents Preface -- Immigrant african women and intimate partner violence : what we know and what we need to know / Anita Kalunta-Crumpton, Department of Administration of Justice, Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University, USA -- The intersection of intimate partner violence and child protection : toward a better understanding of engagement and resistance with for mothers experiencing intimate partner violence / Rebecca G. Mirick, Salem State University School of Social Work -- Surviving to thriving : positive psychology perspectives on trauma, violence and abuse / Hannah Muetzelfeld, Paula T. McWhirter, The University of Oklahoma, USA -- A strengths and resiliency-based assessment for survivors of intimate partner violence / Kim M. Anderson, Associate Professor at the School of Social Work, The University of Missouri, USA -- Burden of women exposure to intimate partner violence on their risk of having sexually transmitted infection : global perspective / Amany Refaat, PhD, College of Health Sciences, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, USA -- Use of the kawa model : understanding women's recovery from intimate partner violence / Tamera Keiter Humbert, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, USA -- An interpersonal theory perspective on intimate partner violence / Matthew M. Yalch, Nicola K. Bernard, Alytia A. Levendosky, Michigan State University, MI, USA -- Intimate-partner violence is not merely non-"gendered" but predominantly and apparently in essence female-perpetrated : the inverse of ideological constructs now debunked, and congruent with inter-sexual dynamics and the basis of human pair-bonding / Steve Moxon, Independent (non-affiliated), Sheffield, UK -- How batterers change : results from a qualitative research following a successful intervention / Olga Cunha, Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal -- Index
Summary Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a worldwide problem with many physical and psychological complications. In the U.S., about one-third of American women will have been physically and sexually abused by a significant other at some point in their lives. In relation to intimate partner homicide (IPH), females are at a higher risk of victimization than males. This book discusses the risk factors, therapeutic interventions and psychological impact of partner violence in relationships
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Marital violence.
Abused women -- Psychology
Abused women -- Services for
Children of abused wives.
Abused wives -- Services for.
Spouse Abuse
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Abused women -- Psychology
Abused women -- Services for
Children of abused wives
Marital violence
Form Electronic book
Author Bellamy, Elizabeth, editor
LC no. 2020679857
ISBN 9781634633499
1634633490