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  2. Battered woman syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In 1979, Lenore E. Walker proposed the concept of battered woman syndrome (BWS). [1] She described it as consisting "of the pattern of the signs and symptoms that have been found to occur after a woman has been physically, sexually, and/or psychologically abused in an intimate relationship, when the partner (usually, but not always a man) exerted power and control over the woman to coerce her ...

  3. Cycle of abuse - Wikipedia

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    Lenore E. Walker interviewed 1,500 women who had been subject to domestic violence and found that there was a similar pattern of abuse, called the "cycle of abuse". [1] Initially, Walker proposed that the cycle of abuse described the controlling patriarchal behavior of men who felt entitled to abuse their wives to maintain control over them.

  4. Traumatic bonding - Wikipedia

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    On the psychometric scale for Stockholm syndrome, the three main components are: justifying an abuser through cognitive distortions, damage, ongoing psychological effects of abuse, and love. [6] Initially, the abuser is inconsistent in approach, increasing in intensity over time.

  5. 11 warning signs of emotional abuse in any kind of relationship

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    Emotional abuse by a parent can be particularly insidious, with a parent asserting that their love is conditional: It can be dependent on grades, how loyal the parent perceives the child to be, or ...

  6. Lenore E. Walker - Wikipedia

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    The four phases of the Cycle of Abuse. Walker's work introduced the concept of Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS), a subset of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which gained recognition as a legal defense in some cases involving women who killed their abusers in self-defense, and the Cycle of Abuse model.

  7. 17 Abusive Relationship Quotes to Help You Move On - AOL

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    According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner. This is roughly more than 12 million women and ...

  8. The Courage to Heal - Wikipedia

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    The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (first published in 1988, with three subsequent editions, the last being a 20th anniversary edition in 2008) is a self-help book by poet Ellen Bass and Laura Davis that focuses on recovery from child sexual abuse and has been called "controversial and polarizing".

  9. A psychologist breaks down 'Baby Reindeer', an unconventional ...

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    Donny could also be trauma bonding with Martha, which occurs when a victim feels "increasingly worthless and ashamed due to the abuser’s actions" and "becomes dependent on their abuser to ...