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The cycle of abuse is a social cycle theory developed in 1979 by Lenore E. Walker to explain patterns of behavior in an abusive relationship. The phrase is also used more generally to describe any set of conditions which perpetuate abusive and dysfunctional relationships, such as abusive child rearing practices which tend to get passed down.
Dating abuse – pattern of abusive behavior exhibited by one or both partners in a dating relationship. Y Domestic violence and pregnancy – abusive behavior towards a pregnant woman that whether physical, verbal or emotional, produces many adverse physical and psychological effects for the mother and fetus.
Breaking the cycle of abuse: Relationship predictors. Child Development, 59(4), 1080-1088. Egeland, B & Erickson, M - Rising above the past: Strategies for helping new mothers break the cycle of abuse and neglect. Zero to Three 1990, 11(2):29-35. Egeland, B. (1993) A history of abuse is a major risk factor for abusing the next generation.
Power and control in abusive relationships is the way that abusers exert physical, sexual and other forms of abuse to gain control within relationships. [ 197 ] A causalist view of domestic violence is that it is a strategy to gain or maintain power and control over the victim.
“Relationships are not made to be a cat and mouse chase, and one of the subtleties of an abusive relationship is the dynamic of ‘Come here. Go away.’ or ‘You’re the best thing. You’re ...
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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 ...
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