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It could happen to anyone : why battered women stay / Ola W. Barnett, Alyce D. LaViolette ; foreword by Lenore E.A. Walker.

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Main Author: Barnett, Ola W.
Other Authors: LaViolette, Alyce D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, ℗♭1993.
Subjects:
Abused women > United States > Case studies.
Abused wives > United States > Case studies.
Spouse Abuse > psychology.
Battered Women > psychology.
Crime Victims > psychology.
Psychological Trauma.
Abused wives.
Abused women.
United States.
Case Reports.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Weaving the fabric of abuse: learned hopefulness and learned helplessness
  • Institutional battering: the power of the patriarchy
  • Living with fear: the force that holds, molds, and controls
  • Victimization: betrayed by the tie that binds
  • Meltdown: the impact of stress and learned helplessness
  • Catalysts for change
  • Voices of hope: survivors speak
  • General learning information
  • Specific learning experiments.

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