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Michael Paul Johnson (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Women’s Studies, and African and African American Studies at Penn State, where he taught sociology and women’s studies for over thirty years and was designated an Alumni Teaching Fellow, Penn State’s highest teaching award. He is an internationally ...
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.
A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly. Children that grow up in such families may think such a situation is normal .
Parental abuse can occur in any family and it is not necessarily associated with ethnic background, socio-economic class, or sexual orientation. Numerous studies concluded that gender does not play a role in the total number of perpetrators; however, males are more likely to inflict physical abuse and females are more likely to inflict ...
The Journal of Family Theory and Review has a blog, a Facebook page, and a Twitter account designed to facilitate the exchange and sharing of the thoughtful discussions of issues regarding family theory, integrative ideas, and methods. Family scholars, media and the general public are invited to participate in rigorous, thoughtful conversations.
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.
The CTSPC (parent-child relationships) has scales to measure: physical assault (with subscales for corporal punishment and physical abuse), psychological aggression, non-violent discipline techniques. The CTSPC also includes supplementary questions on instances of neglect, sexual abuse, and discipline in the past week. [5]
The journal covers research and theory, research interpretation and reviews, and critical discussion on all aspects of marriage, close relationships, and families. Journal of Marriage and Family is indexed by Thomson Reuters. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 6. [1]